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Anders Magnus
Anders Magnus (born 10 April 1952) is a Norwegian journalist, author and television reporter. Magnus was born in Oslo and took the cand.mag. degree in 1976. He was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 1978, and after tenures in ''Bergens Tidende'' from 1982 to 1992 and TV 2 (Norway), TV 2 from 1992 to 1998 he returned to NRK in 1998. He served as the NRK correspondent covering all of Africa from 1998 to 2002, and later as correspondent covering Asia from 2010 to 2014. He has authored several books, including ''Min afrikanske reise'' (My African journey; 2004) about his time in Africa. References 1952 births Living people Norwegian journalists Norwegian television presenters Norwegian television news anchors NRK people TV 2 (Norway) people Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in China Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering, Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres (name), Andres via metathesis (linguistics), metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries, earliest attested in 1378. It was common for priests and farmers during medieval times. According to Statistics Sweden, as of 31 December 2002 it ranks 4th among the male names. The great frequency of this name at the point in time (around 1900) when patronymics were converted into family names is the reason why 1 out of every 30 Swedes today is called Andersson. The Name days in Sweden, name day of Anders in the Scandinavian calendar is 30 November, and in the old peasant superstition that day was important for determining what the Christmas weather would be. If it was very cold on 30 November there would be much Rain and snow mixed, sleet on Christmas (and vice versa). In D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
