Åsne Seierstad
Norwegian journalist and writer
Åsne Seierstad is a Norwegian journalist and writer who has reported from war zones including Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq. Her books include One of Us.
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Norwegian Born 1970 in Lillehammer, Norway
About Åsne Seierstad
Åsne Seierstad was born in Oslo on 10 February 1970 and works as a freelance journalist and writer. She has written about daily life in places shaped by conflict, including Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and Grozny in 2006. Her reporting has also taken her to the Balkans. She has won the Peer Gynt award and Den Store Journalistprisen, which is described as the highest honor a reporter can receive in Norway. She is fluent in five languages.