Else Michelet
{{Short description|Norwegian journalist (1942–2021)}}
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Else Michelet (16 February 1942 – 3 May 2021) was a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter. She had a long career with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, from 1967, and was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009.
Early and personal life
Michelet was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet (1906–1984) and housewife Synnøve née Kulseng (1905–1981). The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree in English, French and literature. From 1977 to 1979 she was married to Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim.
Career
Michelet worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs {{ill|Nitimen|no}} and {{ill|Reiseradioen|no}}, and worked with the weekly satirical radio show {{ill|Hallo i uken|no}} from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Else Michelet |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Else_Michelet |language=Norwegian | accessdate=29 May 2010 }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Else Michelet |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Marta |last=Norheim |author-link=Marta Norheim |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Else_Michelet/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 May 2010}}
She wrote several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988). Michelet received {{lang|no|Årets fagpris}} as one of the Komiprisen awards in 2007.{{Cite news |title=Komipris-vinnerne 2007: Hederspris til KLM |first=Geir |last=Evensen |url=https://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/komiprisen/5857951.html |work=NRK |date=1 September 2007 |language=no |access-date=20 March 2025}} She was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009, for her journalistic works in general, and particularly for developing the radio show Hallo i uken.{{cite web |url=https://frittord.no/nb/priser/fritt-ords-honnor/else-michelet |website=frittord.no |title=Fritt Ords Honnør 2009: Else Michelet |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 May 2021}}
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Category:People from Trondheim
Category:University of Oslo alumni
Category:Norwegian radio personalities
Category:Norwegian songwriters
Category:Norwegian women writers
Category:Norwegian people of French descent
Category:Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people
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