Biography
Jahn Otto Johansen (3 May 1934 – 1 January 2018) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer.
He worked for the newspaper Morgenposten from 1956 to 1966, for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) from 1966 to 1977, and was chief editor of Dagbladet from 1977 to 1984. He has been a foreign correspondent for NRK in Moscow, Washington, D.C., and Berlin. He wrote about sixty books, including several bestsellers.He received the Cappelen Prize in 1982, shared with Bjørg Vik, who died six days after Johansen.
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1934-05-03
Deathday2018-01-01 (83 years old)
SpouseSiv Kirsten Krützen Anderson
ChildrenPer Anders Johansen
CitizenshipsNorway
AwardsBeerhound of the Year, Fangenes Testamente, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cappelen Prize, Order of the Lion of Finland, Norwegian radio listeners' Society's prize
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