Søren Ryge Petersen is a

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, journalist, and writer. Born in

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, on 31 July 1945, Petersen grew up some 50 km further south in

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."Min barndom i Sydslesvig",

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, 31 January 2009 The holder of an

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from

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, he is a

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and was editor from 1978 to 1990 of the magazine ''Haven'' ("The Garden") published by The Danish Garden Society.Esben Dige, "Søren Ryge taler til havekredsens jubilæum",

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, 3 September 2007 He has also written for the leading daily newspaper ''

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''. Petersen began working for the Danish national broadcasting corporation DR in 1977 and in 1988 he got his own show on DR television: ''DR Derude'' ("Out There"), a gardening programme in which a

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followed him around his own garden at

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as he demonstrated how he looked after it and talked about the flowers and crop plants it contained. In 1992, the programme went

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under the name of ''DR Derude Direkte'', later renamed ''Søren Ryge''.Jacob Stenz
Haveguidens hundrede
Dagbladenes Bureau, 7 August 2008. Edition number 100 was broadcast on 6 August 2008 and presented a series of clips from the earlier shows. As well as ''DR Derude'', Søren Ryge Petersen has made a series of other programmes for DR, presenting the nature of the world and its people, with particular emphasis on the portrayal of people living simple lives.

Bibliography

*''Dansk eller tysk'', 1975 () *''Landet og året'', 1995 () *''Historier fra Danmark'', 1998 () *''Spørg Søren'', 2001 () *''Fortællinger fra et tv-liv'', 2001 () *''I haven'', 2002 ()

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Danish television presenters 1945 births Living people 20th-century Danish journalists 21st-century Danish journalists Politiken writers Danish newspaper writers Danish garden writers {{Denmark-bio-stub