| Else Michelet | |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Trondheim, Norway |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oslo |
| Occupation: | Journalist Satirical writer Songwriter |
| Employer: | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Spouse: | Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim |
| Awards: | Fritt Ord Honorary Award |
Else Michelet (16 February 1942 – 3 May 2021) was a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.
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.
Michelet worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs and , and worked with the weekly satirical radio show from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.[1] [2]
She wrote several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988).[1] Michelet 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.[3]