| Marit Christensen | |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1948 |
| Language: | Norwegian |
| Genre: | Journalism |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Marit Christensen (11 November 1948 – 30 September 2022)[1] was a Norwegian journalist.
Christensen was a cand.mag. by education. She worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation between 1977 and 2002. Here, she was a journalist, correspondent in Moscow from 1984 to 1988,[2] and presenter for the entertainment shows For galleriet (1992–1993) and Apropos (1998–1999). Her time in Moscow earned her the nickname "Moskva-Marit" ("Moscow Marit").[3] [4]
On 17 August 2013, Christensen disclosed that for the last year of Wenche Behring Breivik's life, the mother of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, Christensen had been her confidant.[5] The book was published in the autumn 2013, under the title "The Mother".