Gerd Grønvold Saue
Gerd Grønvold Saue (20 January 1930 – 22 June 2022) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymn writer and peace activist. She grew up in Lillestrøm, earned a cand.mag. degree, and spent many years as a journalist. From 1954 to 1966 she worked for the weekly Familien, did freelance work for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and Arbeiderbladet, and was a literary critic for Arbeiderbladet, Vårt Land and Stavanger Aftenblad. For Familien she wrote portrait interviews, some of which were later published in 1964. She published her first novel in 1965, Algirsk vår (Algerian Spring). Her 1991 book Fredsfurien (The Peace Fury) was a biographical novel of Bertha von Suttner, and her 2001 Elsket og foraktet (Loved and Loathed) was about Jane Addams. She was especially interested in Suttner’s impact on the Nobel Peace Prize.
Saue led peace work in Norway: she was president of the Norwegian Peace Council and served on 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, joining the latter in 1949. She also wrote hymns and became one of Norway’s most prolific female hymn writers, winning a millennial hymn prize in 1999. She served on the boards of the Norwegian Authors’ Union and the Norwegian Critics’ Association. She lived in Ski.
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