Tonje Steinsland (born 1969) is a Norwegian journalist. She has worked as a television journalist since 1991, notably as an investigative reporter and host of documentary series Brennpunkt, Rikets tilstand and Dokument 2. She has later been the host of the TV 2 talk shows Tonje Steinsland møter... and Vårt lille land.
Steinsland first worked as the host of the youth show U on NRK, and thereafter made investigative documentaries as a reporter and host for Brennpunkt on NRK, and Rikets tilstand and Dokument 2 on TV 2.[1][2] Steinsland has received several awards for her journalism.[1] Her 2000 documentary Norske jenter omskjæres for Rikets tilstand, about the secret approval by imams of female genital mutilation of Norwegian Muslim girls won her a SKUP diploma[3] and Gullruten for best documentary.[4] She has later been the host of the talk show Tonje Steinsland møter... where she has personal interviews with Norwegian celebrities,[5][6] and of Vårt lille land on TV 2 since 2012,[1] which won her the Gullruten for best documentary in 2013,[7] the Riksmål Society TV-award in 2019,[8] and a diploma from Fortellingens Kraft 2022.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c Wikander, Lene (16 May 2020). "Tonje Steinsland: – Jeg er en introvert person". Tara (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Tonje Steinsland". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 28 March 2008.
- ^ "SKUP-prisen 2000 til Anne Hafstad i Aftenposten". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). NTB. 25 March 2001.
- ^ "Gullruten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 14 March 2024.
- ^ Austefjord, Kari (10 August 2008). "Snakker om livet". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Tonjes tilstand". Dagbladet Magasinet (in Norwegian). 26 September 2009.
- ^ "TV2s «Vårt lille land» ble beste dokumentar". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). NTB. 11 May 2013.
- ^ Gjerstad, Synnøve (4 April 2019). "TV 2-reporter vant prestisjepris". TV 2 (in Norwegian).
- ^ Simonsen, Endre (22 September 2022). "NRK og Joachim Førsund vant Fortellerprisen 2022 - sjekk alle diplomvinnerne". M24 (in Norwegian).
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