Arvid Møller (14 October 1939 – 26 September 2020) was a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer, born in

Strinda Strinda is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now the municipality of Trondheim south and ea ...

. Having worked as journalist for various newspapers, he was eventually assigned with

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

for about forty years. In addition to these assignments, he wrote more than one hundred books, many of them biographies of well known and lesser known people.

Career

Born in

on 14 October 1939, Møller grew up in

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. From 1959 onwards Møller worked as journalist for the newspapers ''

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'', '' Fredrikstad Blad'', ''

Gudbrandsdølen ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was started on 1 January 1894, after editor-in-chief Johan Filseth had been jettisoned from another newspaper ''Framgang''. After his d ...

'', ''

Lillehammer Tilskuer ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. History and profile The paper was started in 1837 as ''Oplands-Tidende'', changed its name to ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' in 1841 and became affiliated w ...

'' and ''

Dagningen ''Dagningen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. History and profile ''Dagningen'' was started in 1924. The paper was affiliated with the Labour Party. It had its headquarters in Lillehammer. In 1997 the pape ...

''. From 1969 he was appointed as journalist at

's regional office in

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, where he worked for about forty years. Møller wrote more than hundred books, including biographies of the artists

Frans Widerberg Frans Widerberg (8 April 1934 – 7 April 2017) was a Norwegian painter and graphic artist. Widerberg was born in Oslo to Nicolai Magnus Widerberg and Ingrid Christine Blom. He made his exhibition debut in Oslo in 1963. Among his works is the wo ...

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and Harald Kihle, skier

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, missionary

Annie Skau Berntsen Annie Skau Berntsen (Chinese: 司務道), also known as Sister Annie (29 May 1911 – 26 November 1992) was a Norwegian missionary who served in China and Hong Kong. Biography After training as a nurse, she worked at both the Ullevål Hospital ...

, politician John Alvheim, Queen Maud, Princess Märtha, Norwegian-Canadian skiing pioneer

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, as well as biographies of "ordinary people" and local legends. He also wrote books on other subjects, including nature and art. He was awarded Austmannaprisen in 1969. In 2000, he received a cultural prize for

Gudbrandsdalen Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending towar ...

. In 2005, he was awarded the

King's Medal of Merit in gold The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

. Møller died at Lillehammer on 26 or 27 September 2020.

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Arvid 1939 births 2020 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian journalists NRK people Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian biographers Norwegian nature writers Art writers Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold