Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft

Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft in 2011
Born (1947-06-09) 9 June 1947 (age 77)
Lærdal, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupationtelevision presenter
SpouseArne Fjørtoft
ParentAmbjørg Sælthun

Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft (born 9 June 1947) is a Norwegian former television presenter.

She was born in Lærdal to farmer Olaf Sælthun and politician Ambjørg Sælthun, and is married to Arne Fjørtoft .[1]

She was assigned with NRK for 45 years, from 1969 to 2014. She has also been engaged in humanitarian work, and has been a board member of institutions such as Unicef Norway, the Strømme Foundation, FORUT [no] and Antislaveriselskapet [no]. She was awarded Kringkastingsprisen [no] in 1994, Storegutprisen [no] in 2004, the Gullruten honorary award in 2006,[2] and the King's Medal of Merit in 2014.

References

  1. ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Arne Fjørtoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ Askheim, Svein. "Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 October 2017.


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