Siv Nordrum Explained

Siv Nordrum
Birth Date:7 October 1958
Birth Place:Drøbak, Norway
Death Date:24 April 2021 (aged 62)
Occupation:Journalist, communications director, State Secretary
Spouse:Christian Syse

Siv Nordrum (7 October 1958 – 24 April 2021) was a Norwegian journalist, communications director and politician.

Born in Drøbak, Nordrum worked as journalist from 1977, and was assigned with NRK radio and television in the 1980s and 1990s.[1] At NRK she started working for the radio's main news programme Dagsnytt in 1984, and was a foreign correspondent for NRK in Asia 1989-1993.[2]

From 2001 to 2005 she served as State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister,[3] working with Kjell Magne Bondevik.[1]

In 2006 she was appointed communications director at the University of Oslo, in 2012 she assumed a similar position for Statistics Norway, and from 2015 she was head of communications at the Storting.[1]

Nordrum was married to Christian Syse, Norwegian ambassador to Sweden in Stockholm 2017-2021.[1] [2]

She died in April 2021 after a brief illness.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Siv Nordrum . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 27 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Siv Nordrum er død . nrk.no . Eirin . Tjoflot . 27 April 2021 . no . 27 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Biografier. Siv Nordrum . nsd.no . no . 27 April 2021.