Gry Blekastad Almås (born 28 May 1970 in

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) is a Norwegian

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. Almås has worked as a news anchor on the evening news program Dagsrevyen, aired on the

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. In 2010 she was appointed as a correspondent stationed in

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, an office which had been unmanned for some time. Her tenure ended in 2013. She was educated at the University of Bergen, the Darlington College of Technology and the

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. She is the grand child of Czech-Norwegian

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Milada Blekastad Milada Blekastad (1 July 1917 – 25 October 2003) was a Norwegian literary historian. Personal life She was born in Prague. Her grandfather František Topič was one of the most prominent publishers in that town and often published Nordic liter ...

and

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Hallvard Blekastad Halvard or Hallvard is a Norwegian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halvard Angaard (1898–1967), Norwegian sport shooter *Halvard Bjørkvik (born 1924), Norwegian historian *Jens-Halvard Bratz (1920–2005), Norwegian business ...

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1970 births Living people University of Bergen alumni University of Oslo alumni NRK people Norwegian television news anchors Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in England {{Norway-tv-bio-stub