Niels Christian Geelmuyden (born 18 December 1960) is a

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journalist and writer, mostly known for his interviews and essays. Geelmuyden grew up in

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as a younger brother of

Hans Geelmuyden Hans Geelmuyden (10 January 1844 – 1 May 1920) was a Norwegian astronomer. He was born in Stavern. He was a relative of Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden and Carl Victor Emanuel Geelmuyden, and the family had migrated from the Dutch Repub ...

. They were nephews of the writer

. The Geelmuyden name is traced back to Dutch immigrants in the 1600s. Niels Christian Geelmuyden attended local schools before getting the

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degree in

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at the

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. Geelmuyden was a columnist in the conservative newspapers and periodicals ''

Morgenbladet ''Morgenbladet'' is a Norwegian weekly, newspaper, covering politics, culture and science. History ''Morgenbladet'' was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg. The paper is the country's first daily newspaper; however, Adresseavi ...

'', ''

Farmand ''Farmand'' (Norwegian: ''The Trade Journal of Norway'') was a business magazine published in Oslo, Norway, from 1891 until it was discontinued in January 1989. The name ''farmand'' (or ''farmann'') was from an old Norse word for a tradesman. It ...

'' and ''Tidens Tegn''. He mostly became known for his biographical portraits in interview form, which were mostly printed in ''

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'' and collected in several books. By 2016, the number of interviews had approached 600. Geelmuyden also wrote for other outlets, notably a 1993 portrait of Prime Minister

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for ''

Det Nye ''Det Nye'' was a Norwegian language women's magazine based in Oslo, Norway. It was one of the oldest magazines published in the country. In November 2019 it went on online. History and profile ''Det Nye'' was first published in 1957. The target ...

''. Growing frustrated with Brundtland's way of handling the media and her elusive verbal style, Geelmuyden decided to quote her exactly as she replied, which appeared wholly incoherent in print. The Office of the Prime Minister refused and ''Det Nye'' printed a "sanitized" version, prompting ''Kapital'' to print the "real" version. In 2007, he received the

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. Geelmuyden proceeded to write several critical books about the food industry. The first two were ''Sannheten på bordet'' (2013) and ''Sannheten i glasset'' (2015), regarding

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and

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in food and drink respectively. ''Pillebefinnende'' (2017) regarded the increased consumption of nutritional and medicinal pills. Geelmuyden resides in

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1960 births Living people Writers from Bærum University of Oslo alumni Norwegian male writers Norwegian columnists Norwegian food writers Riksmål-language writers {{Norway-writer-stub