Kari Storækre

Kari Storækre (born 22 June 1950) is a Norwegian television personality.

She grew up in Stavanger[1] as a daughter of Jon and Ulla Storækre. She was married to Arne Treholt from 1977 to 1985, until he was thoroughly scandalized in an espionage case.[2] In 1987 she married her colleague, the Swede Åke Wilhelmsson.[1]

In her early career she worked as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet and Verdens Gang.[3] From 1978 into the early 1980s she hosted the talk show Unnskyld at jeg spør together with different hosts, with Frantz Saksvik being a mainstay.[4][5][6] In 1983 she hosted an informational series on computer technology named Datahverdag.[7] When Arne Treholt was arrested in 1984, there were talks about removing Storækre from the air, but she was allowed to continue.[8] In the same year she was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.[9]

As discovered by the Lund Commission, Storækre was subject to secret police surveillance. The prolonged Treholt case took its toll and she migrated to Sweden where she worked with television,[1] among others the breakfast show God morgen, Skandinavia.[3] She later moved back to Norway.[1] She has written the books God tur til Paris (1985) and I søkelyset (1993); both have been translated to Swedish.[10]

References
  1. Alver, Erik (9 October 2010). "Oppgjørets time". Dagbladet Magasinet (in Norwegian).
  2. Stanghelle, Harald. "Arne Treholt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  3. Syversen, Anita Fleime (26 March 1988). "– God morgen, Norge!". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 40.
  4. "Garantert suksess". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 18 March 1978. p. 6.
  5. Maaland, Borghild (2 January 1981). "Uhøytidelig samtale uten krangel". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 36.
  6. Johansen, Arnstein (3 February 1984). "Kari i TV igjen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 7.
  7. Friis, Ruben (13 September 1983). "Kari datafrøken". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 52.
  8. Wærhaug, Sølvi (5 April 1984). "Kari på skjermen – NRK slo kontra". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  9. "Frøya med Årets TV-navn for femte gang". Hitra-Frøya (in Norwegian). 22 December 2009. p. 13.
  10. List of publications in BIBSYS
Awards
Preceded by
Knut Bjørnsen		 Se og Hør's TV Personality of the Year
1984
(with Simon Flem Devold)		 Succeeded by
Jarl Goli and
Gunvor Hals
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