Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

Danish autobiographer

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1968

Place of Birth: Vanløse, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Profession: businessperson, economist, autobiographer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

  • Lisbeth Malene Zornig Andersen (born February 12, 1968) is a Danish economist, activist, author, and former chair of the Danish Children's Council.
  • Her focus is on marginalized people, especially children.
  • Lisbeth Zornig Andersen became famous in Denmark after the documentary My childhood in hell (original title: Min barndom i helvede), depicting her childhood in a lower-class family where she was affected by, among others, sexual abuse.
  • The documentary followed her autobiography Zornig – Anger is my middle name (original title: Zornig – Vrede er mit mellemnavn).
  • Lisbeth Zornig Andersen is the founder of Huset Zornig, a socioeconomic business working to renew and improve the efforts towards society's most marginalized people.
  • She is chair of the think tank Social Innovations Forum and the founder of the Children's IT-foundation, which provides computers to children placed in out-of-home care.
  • She is the former CEO of the socioeconomic business Specialisterne, which employs people with Asperger Syndrome as IT testers.
  • She has been a board member and ambassador for a number of Danish organizations and institutions, for example the Danish IT University and Danish Red Cross.
  • She has provided strategic council to foundations, institutions, and public authorities.

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