Frode Kristoffersen
Frode Kristoffersen | |
|---|---|
 Kristoffersen in 1994 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Denmark | |
| In office 19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frode Jelling Kristoffersen 9 August 1931 Sønderborg, Denmark |
| Died | 20 March 2016 (aged 84) Aabenraa, Denmark |
| Party | Conservative People's Party |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Frode Jelling Kristoffersen (9 August 1931 – 20 March 2016) was a Danish journalist and politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999. He worked for various Danish media outlets.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Kristoffersen was born in Sønderborg, Southern Jutland, on 9 August 1931.[1][2] He started his career as a trainee journalist at Tønder Amtstidende in 1948.[3] He worked for various Danish newspapers such as Jyllands-Posten, Vestkysten, and Dagens Nyheter until 1961.[4] Then he joined the Danmarks Radio (DR) and was its correspondent in different European cities, including Berlin, London, Brussels, Strasbourg and Bonn, until 1979.[5][4] Next he was the presenter and producer of a program about the history of Southern Jutland entitled Frodes Historier on TV Syd in 2002 and 2010.[5]
He became a substitute member of the European Parliament in 1988.[2][5] He served there between 1994 and 1999 for the Conservative People's Party.[2][5]
Kristoffersen died in Aabenraa on 20 March 2016 after a long illness.[1][5]
His book, Journalist i byen: med unge Frode rundt i landet, was published in 2021.[3] It is about the Danish cities and magazines where Frode Kristoffersen lived and worked.[3]
References
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