Gerd Grønvold Saue, Date of Birth

    

Gerd Grønvold Saue

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1930

Profession: writer, journalist, literary critic, hymnwriter, peace activist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Gerd Grønvold Saue

  • Gerd Grønvold Saue (born 20 January 1930) is a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymnwriter, and peace activist.
  • Her authorship mainly comprises novels, many of which convey her Christian views.She grew up in Lillestrøm, holds a cand.mag.
  • degree, and has worked many years as a journalist.
  • She spent the years 1954 to 1966 in the weekly magazine Familien, has worked freelance for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and Arbeiderbladet.
  • and been a literary critic in Arbeiderbladet, Vårt Land and Stavanger Aftenblad.For Familien she wrote several portrait interviews, some of which were collected and published in 1964.
  • She made her literary fiction debut in 1965, with the novel Algirsk vår ('Algerian Spring').
  • Her 2001 book Elsket og foraktet ('Loved and Loathed') was about Jane Addams, and her 1991 release Fredsfurien ('The Peace Furie') was a biographical novel of Bertha von Suttner.
  • Saue was particularly interested in Suttner's impact on the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Saue herself is a former president of the Norwegian Peace Council and a member of the board of the International Peace Bureau.
  • She chaired the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Norway from 1965 to 1982 and the Christian Socialists of Norway from 1985 to 1989.
  • She joined the latter organization as early as in 1949.
  • She has also written hymns, and is one of the most prolific female hymn writers in Norway.
  • In 1999 she won a millennial hymn competition organized by the Church of Norway.
  • She has been a board member of the Norwegian Authors' Union and the Norwegian Critics' Association.She resides in Ski.

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