Else Lidegaard
Else Lidegaard (23 February 1933 – 4 August 2025) was a Danish journalist and author.
Early life and career
[edit]Lidegaard was born in Røsnæs, near Kalundborg, on 23 February 1933. She was employed by Danmarks Radio for many years, from 1969 as a temporary employee and in the period 1976–96 as a permanent employee. At DR she produced over 150 broadcasts, most of them about cultural encounters, e.g. the series Med Danmark i Zimbabwe (1986) and Så er de andre (1991), but also literary portraits, including Grundtvig (1972), William Heinesen (1980) and Simone de Beauvoir (1983).[1]
In 1974 she received the Rocking Chair Prize, for the broadcast Barbara, poem and reality. In addition, Lidegaard wrote travel books during stays in Africa and Patagonia.[2]
She was the initiator of the movement Grandparents For Asylum.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Lidegaard was married to Mads Lidegaard, but divorced in 2003.[4] They had four children, Øjvind, Kresten, Bo, and Martin. While her husband was a seminary teacher in Greenland from 1953 to 1961, she worked as a teacher at the secondary school and for the Greenland Radio.[5]
Lidegaard died on 4 August 2025, at the age of 92.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Else Lidegaard". Lex (in Danish). 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ Lidegaard, Else (2011-03-01). Kære Estrid - Jørgen-Frantz, du kære: Et møde med forfatteren og modellen til Barbara gennem deres breve til hinanden. Gyldendal A/S. ISBN 978-87-02-10190-4.
- ^ "Spot på: Bedsteforældre for Asyl". Arbejderen (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ "Grønlands historie, fra stenalder til hjemmestyre | eReolen". ereolen.dk. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ "Journalist Else Lidegaard er død - 92 år | dbrs.dk". avisendanmark.dk (in Danish). 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ Af /ritzau (2025-08-04). "Else Lidegaard er død". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
