Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld (born 29 March 1951) is a Norwegian journalist, foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer. He has worked for the

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

(NRK) from 1976, and been a foreign correspondent for NRK in

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for four periods. He has written several books. He received the

Narvesen Prize The Narvesen Prize was a Norwegian prize for those who excelled in journalism. It was established in 1954 by the company Narvesen, but the Norwegian Press Association was behind the selection of winners. It was discontinued in 1990. List of winne ...

in 1990, the

Cappelen Prize The Cappelen Prize ( no, Cappelenprisen) is a Norwegian literary award that was established in 1979 by the publishing company J.W. Cappelens Forlag, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house. It has not been awarded after J.W ...

in 1990, and the

Peer Gynt Prize The Peer Gynt Prize or the Peer Gynt Award (''Årets Peer Gynt'' or ''Per Gynt-prisen'') is a private Norwegian prize presented annually by the private commercial company ''Peer Gynt AS'' during the Peer Gynt Festival, also organised by the same co ...

in 1991.

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1951 births Living people Journalists from Bergen Norwegian non-fiction writers NRK people Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian people of Jewish descent Norwegian expatriates in the Soviet Union Norwegian expatriates in Russia Mass media people from Bergen {{Norway-journalist-stub