Christine Præsttun (3 May 1971 – 8 January 2020) was a Norwegian television presenter and correspondent. She studied sociology at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

, graduating in 2001 with a master's thesis about identity and modernity in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. While studying she had become involved in

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in 1993, and while doing field work in Hong Kong in 1996 she managed to become P4 Radio's correspondent."En å beundre" by Christin Aamodt (in Norwegian), ''

Klassekampen (Lit. translation: ''"The Class Struggle"'') is a Norwegian daily newspaper in print and online. Its tagline is "The daily newspaper of the Left". The paper's net circulation was 33,265 in 2022, and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper ...

'' 10 January 2020, p. 32"Christine Præsttun" by Hege Kristin Fosser Pedersen et al (in Norwegian), ''

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'' 20 January 2020, p. 45 After graduation, she was hired in the

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and from 2002 to 2005 she was the inaugural presenter of the debate show '' Standpunkt''. She later presented the radio programmes ''

Dagsnytt 18 ''Dagsnytt 18'' ("''Day's news 18''") is a daily news magazine from Norwegian radio station NRK P2. Broadcast every weekday at 18:00, the programme hosts discussions and debates on the topics of the day featuring politicians and other Norwegian fi ...

'', ''Ukeslutt'' and ''Søndagsavisa''. Together with her husband Sverre Tom Radøy she was the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in Africa, stationed in

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

, from 2014 to 2018. She resided at Nesøya."Vil bli korrespondenter", ''

Budstikka ''Budstikka'' (The Bidding Stick), prior to 2004 known as ''Asker og Bærum Budstikke'', is a daily local newspaper published out of Billingstad in Asker, Norway. It covers the municipalities of Asker and Bærum, and is the only newspaper iss ...

'' 5 January 2013, p. 21 She died from

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on 8 January 2020, at the age of 48.

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1971 births 2020 deaths University of Oslo alumni NRK people Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian radio presenters Norwegian women radio presenters Norwegian expatriates in Kenya Deaths from cancer in Norway {{Norway-tv-bio-stub