Helje Solberg Explained

Helje Solberg
Birth Date:7 March 1967
Birth Place:Elverum, Norway
Occupation:Journalist
Awards:SKUP Award

Helje Solberg (born 7 March 1967) is a Norwegian journalist. She was awarded the SKUP Award for investigative journalism in 1995.

Life and career

Solberg was born in Elverum, and graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo in 1993. She has been a journalist for the newspapers Østlendingen, Sør-Varanger Avis, Nationen and Verdens Gang (from 1994). She was appointed editor in Verdens Gang from 2005 to 2014, and editor and director of VGTV from 2014.[1]

Solberg was awarded the SKUP Award in 1995, for revealing the Workers' Youth League affair through investigative journalism.[2]

Her books include Karen - en historie om alzheimer from 1996. She is a boardmember of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association from 2013.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Helje Solberg . Olav . Garvik . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 18 February 2017.
  2. Web site: SKUP-PRISEN. SKUP - Stiftelsen for Kritisk og Undersøkende Presse. Norwegian. 18 February 2017.