Lars Sigurd Sunnanå

Lars Sigurd Sunnanå (born 28 May 1946) is a Norwegian journalist.

Personal life

Sunnanå was born in Karmøy and grew up in Porsgrunn.[1] He is a nephew of Klaus Sunnanå. He is married and his son Lars Magne Sunnanå is a former local politician (Conservative) in Bærum, where the family lives.[2] Lars Sigurd Sunnanå was himself a member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives in his youth.[1] He is also a freemason.[3]

Career

He worked in Varden and Aftenposten in his early career.[2] He was awarded the Narvesen Prize in 1971.[4] In 1972 he was hired by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[2] He was their Middle East correspondent from 1999 to 2003,[5] and in 2010, he began as NRK's Africa correspondent based in Nairobi.[6][1] His tenure ended in 2013.[7]

In 2004 he wrote the book Saddams fortrolige together with Saddam Hussein's physician Ala Bashir. The book was translated to English, French, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Dutch, Estonian, Spanish, Japanese and Russian. In 2005 came Oppdraget. Innsidehistorien om Saddams atomvåpen, about nuclear weapons in Iraq, together with Jafar D. Jafar and Numan Saadaldin al-Niaimi. In 2008 came Skibbrudd. En dokumentar om Redningsselskapets skjulte liv, a critical book about the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Solheim, Stig (23 December 2010). "Vår mann i Afrika". Budstikka (in Norwegian). pp. 30–32.
  2. 1 2 3 Valestrand, Terje (5 November 2005). "Den omstendelige reporteren". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 8.
  3. ↑ Fjelldal, Stian (28 October 2008). "– Ikke noe problem å være frimurer". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 42.
  4. ↑ "Narvesenprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Henriksen, Sissel (29 September 2007). "I virkeligheten". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  6. ↑ "Steinfeld tilbake til Moskva" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "NRK ansetter fire nye korrespondenter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 February 2013.
  8. ↑ List of publications in BIBSYS
Awards
Preceded by
Sverre Mitsem		 Recipient of the Narvesen Prize
1971
(shared with Asbjørn Larsen) 		Succeeded by
Fædrelandsvennen
Media offices
Preceded by
Fritz Nilsen		 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in the Middle East
1999–2003 		Succeeded by
Odd Karsten Tveit
Preceded by
Dag Bredvei		 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in Africa
2010–2013 		Succeeded by
Christine Præsttun and
Sverre Tom Radøy
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