Cathrine Sandnes (born 19 March 1972) is a Norwegian martial artist, journalist and magazine editor. She was born in

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, and is married to politician

Aslak Sira Myhre Aslak Sira Myhre (born 28 May 1973 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian culture administrator. Since 2014 he is director of the National Library of Norway. Myhre has been a leftwing politician, and was for a period leader of the former party Red Electora ...

. Sandnes served as editor-in-chief of the political and cultural magazine ''

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'' from 2006 to 2014. From 2014 she was leader of the publishing house Manifest. She was assigned with Gyldendal Norsk Forlag from 2017 to 2019, and with the publishing house J.M. Stenersen since 2019. Sandnes won a bronze medal at the

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W.A.K.O European amateur Championships in kickboxing in Finland. She won several National titles in the sport of karate, and was awarded the King's Cup in 2003.

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1972 births Living people Norwegian journalists Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian women journalists Norwegian women editors Norwegian female karateka Norwegian female kickboxers Norwegian people of Korean descent South Korean emigrants to Norway Women magazine editors {{Norway-martialart-bio-stub