Linn T. Sunne

Linn T. Sunne
Sunne in 2012
Born
Linn Tormodsdatter Grøndahl Sunne

(1971-12-02) 2 December 1971 (age 53)
Kongsberg, Norway
EducationSchoolteacher
Occupationchildren's writer
AwardsBrage Prize (2007, 2012)

Linn Tormodsdatter Grøndahl Sunne (born 2 December 1971) is a Norwegian children's writer, schoolteacher and local politician. She won the Brage Prize in 2007 and 2012.

Career

Born in Kongsberg on 2 December 1971, Sunne resides in Dokka.[1] She made her literary debut in 2000.[2] She was awarded the Brage Prize in 2007 for the children's book Happy. In 2012 she again received the Brage Prize, for the children's book Lille ekorn.[1]

Sunne was educated as a teacher at Oslo University College in 1995, and spent the next eleven years as a lower secondary school teacher. She was also a screenwriter for Hotel Cæsar between 2003 and 2005. Becoming involved in politics for the Labour Party, she was elected to Nordre Land municipal council and served as deputy mayor from 2019.[1] In 2024 she left the Labour Party as a protest against the party's proposal of closing down several schools in her county.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Linn T. Sunne". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Linn T. Sunne" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Forfatter og tidligere ordførerkandidat melder seg ut av Arbeiderpartiet". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ Lexander, Anne Jo (17 October 2024). "Melder seg ut av Ap: – Ja, det er personlig". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.


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