Bjørn Hansen (born 12 October 1938) is a Norwegian journalist. In

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, he is well known as an experienced

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and

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, having worked for the Norwegian state-owned

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and

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public broadcasting company,

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Career

Hansen was born in

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and started as a newspaper journalist in ''

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'' (1957–1960 and 1961–1963), ''

Halden Arbeiderblad ''Halden Arbeiderblad'' is a Norwegian language local newspaper published in Halden, Norway. History and profile ''Halden Arbeiderblad'' was established in 1929 as a Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party newspaper, but later became non-partisan. ...

'' (1960–1961) and ''

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''. For the latter he was a foreign correspondent in

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. He was employed in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. He was a correspondent for NRK in

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, from 1991 to 1995. He presided over election debates and has also appeared several times on

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as well as other international news channels. From 2002 to 2007, he was the host for the Thursday night foreign news program ''

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''. In 2009 Bjørn Hansen was awarded the lifetime achievement award at

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(the Norwegian television awards). Bjørn Hansen currently lives in his seaside house in

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with his wife.

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1938 births Living people Writers from Tromsø People from Nesodden University of Oslo alumni Norwegian journalists NRK people Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in England Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian broadcast news analysts Norwegian television presenters {{Norway-journalist-stub