Toppen Bech
{{Short description|Norwegian journalist (1939–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates | date=February 2024}}
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| birth_name = Ellen Åse Fagernæs
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|5|1939|3|28|df=y}}
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| children = Alexandra Bech Gjørv
| relatives = Sven Ole Fagernæs (brother)
| occupation = Journalist
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| known_for = {{lang|no|Herskapelig}} (television series)
| notable_works =
| awards = King's Medal of Merit (2007)
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Toppen Bech (28 March 1939 – 5 February 2024) was a Norwegian journalist.
Biography
Toppen Bech was born in Oslo, and was the mother of Alexandra Bech Gjørv. From 1960 to 1971 she worked for the newspaper Aftenposten, and she edited the magazine Alle Kvinner from 1973 to 1978. She was assigned to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1984. She hosted a number of shows, including Unnskyld at jeg spør and Den blå timen.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Toppen Bech |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Toppen_Bech |language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 July 2016}} In the television series {{ill|Herskapelig|no}} she presented manor houses and mansions, and a total of 62 programs were produced between 1997 and 2006.{{cite book |title=Norske klassikere. Bøker, filmer, musikk, radio og TV fra 1945 til i dag |author1=Bakke, Sven Ove |author2=Hobbelstad, Inger Merete |author3=Kvalshaug, Vidar |author4=Nilsen, Morten Ståle |page=363 |isbn=978-82-430-0560-0 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Spartacus |location=Oslo|year=2012}}
Bech died on 5 February 2024, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Toppen Bech er død |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/mBKed4/nyhetsstudio-siste-nytt?pinnedEntry=95770 |access-date=5 February 2024 |publisher=Aftenposten |date=5 February 2024}}
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