Lars Sigurd Sunnanå

Lars Sigurd Sunnanå (born 1946) is a Norwegian journalist.

Biography

He was born in Karmøy and grew up in Porsgrunn,[1] and worked in Varden and Aftenposten.[2] He was awarded the Narvesen Prize in 1971.[3] In 1972 he was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[2] He was their Middle East correspondent from 1999 to 2003,[4] reportedly because he did not get the job as China correspondent, as he had wanted.[2] In 2010 he applied for the job as United States correspondent,[5] but he was instead hired as correspondent for the whole of Africa.[6] The headquarter is in Kenya.[1]

In 2004 he wrote the book Saddams fortrolige together with Saddam Hussein's physician Ala Bashir. The book was translated to Finnish, German, Swedish, Dutch, Estonian, Spanish, Japanese and Russian. In 2005 came Oppdraget. Innsidehistorien om Saddams atomvåpen, about nuclear weapons in Iraq, together with Jafar D. Jafar and Numan Saadaldin al-Niaimi. In 2008 came Skibbrudd. En dokumentar om Redningsselskapets skjulte liv, a critical book about the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue.[7]

He is a nephew of Klaus Sunnanå. He is married and his son Lars Magne Sunnanå is a former local politician (Conservative) in Bærum, where the family lives.[2] Lars Sigurd Sunnanå was himself a member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives in his youth.[1] He is also a freemason.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Solheim, Stig (23 December 2010). "Vår mann i Afrika" (in Norwegian). Budstikka: pp. 30–32. 
  2. ^ a b c d Valestrand, Terje (5 November 2005). "Den omstendelige reporteren" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende: p. 8. 
  3. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Narvesenprisen" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Narvesenprisen. Retrieved 15 May 2010. 
  4. ^ Henriksen, Sissel (29 September 2007). "I virkeligheten" (in Norwegian). Klassekampen: p. 11. 
  5. ^ "Gelius får hard konkurranse om USA-jobb" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 January 2010. 
  6. ^ "Steinfeld tilbake til Moskva" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 February 2010. 
  7. ^ List of publications in BIBSYS
  8. ^ Fjelldal, Stian (28 October 2008). "– Ikke noe problem å være frimurer" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang: p. 42. 
Awards
Preceded by
Sverre Mitsem		 Recipient of the Narvesen Prize
1971
(shared with Asbjørn Larsen)		 Succeeded by
Fædrelandsvennen
Media offices
Preceded by
Fritz Nilsen		 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in the Middle East
1999–2003		 Succeeded by
Odd Karsten Tveit
Preceded by
Dag Bredvei		 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in Africa
2010–present		 Incumbent