Søren Ryge Petersen is a Danish television presenter, journalist, and writer.[1]

Søren Ryge
Søren Ryge Petersen in Dublin preparing a TV documentary about the replica Viking ship Havhingsten fra Glendalough and its six-week-long journey from Roskilde to Dublin in the summer of 2007
Born (1945-07-31) July 31, 1945 (age 79)
Occupation(s)Television presenter, journalist, writer

Born in Gram, South Denmark, on 31 July 1945, Petersen grew up some 50 km further south in Achtrup, Schleswig-Holstein.[2]

The holder of an M.A. in Danish language from Aarhus University,[3] he is a self-taught horticulturalist and was editor from 1978 to 1990 of the magazine Haven ("The Garden") published by The Danish Garden Society.[4] He has also written for the leading daily newspaper Politiken.[3]

Petersen began working for the Danish national broadcasting corporation DR in 1977,[3] and in 1988 got his own show on DR television: DR Derude ("Out There"), a gardening programme in which a camera crew followed him around his own garden at Djursland as he demonstrated how he looked after it and talked about the flowers and crop plants it contained.[5] In 1992, the programme went live under the name of DR Derude Direkte, later renamed Søren Ryge.[3] 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,[5] presenting the nature of the world and its people, with particular emphasis on the portrayal of people living simple lives.[3]

Bibliography

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  • Dansk eller tysk, 1975 (ISBN 87-980193-2-5)
  • Landet og året, 1995 (ISBN 87-00-22454-5)
  • Historier fra Danmark, 1998 (ISBN 87-00-63192-2)
  • Spørg Søren, 2001 (ISBN 87-567-6559-2)
  • Fortællinger fra et tv-liv, 2001 (ISBN 87-7953-008-7)
  • I haven, 2002 (ISBN 87-11-11549-1)

References

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  1. ^ Schierbeck, O. (2018). Hvem Hvad Hvor i 80 erne. Et tiår i perspektiv (in Danish). Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 1979. ISBN 978-87-11-93717-4. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Min barndom i Sydslesvig", Flensborg Avis, 31 January 2009
  3. ^ a b c d e Jacob Stenz, Haveguidens hundrede, Dagbladenes Bureau, 7 August 2008.
  4. ^ Esben Dige, "Søren Ryge taler til havekredsens jubilæum", JydskeVestkysten, 3 September 2007
  5. ^ a b Søren Ryge Petersen at IMDb