Lars Sigurd Sunnanå

Lars Sigurd Sunnanå (born 28 May 1946) is a Norwegian journalist.

Personal life Sunnanå was born on the island of Karmøy and grew up in Porsgrunn Municipality. He is a nephew of Klaus Sunnanå. He is married and his son Lars Magne Sunnanå is a former local politician (Conservative) in Bærum Municipality, where the family lives.

Career He worked in Varden and Aftenposten in his early career. He was awarded the Narvesen Prize in 1971. In 1972 he was hired by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. and in 2010, he began as NRK's Africa correspondent based in Nairobi.

In 2004 he wrote the book Saddams fortrolige together with Saddam Hussein's physician Ala Bashir. The book was translated to English, French, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Dutch, Estonian, Spanish, Japanese and Russian. In 2005 came Oppdraget. Innsidehistorien om Saddams atomvåpen, about nuclear weapons in Iraq, together with Jafar D. Jafar and Numan Saadaldin al-Niaimi. In 2008 came Skibbrudd. En dokumentar om Redningsselskapets skjulte liv, a critical book about the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue.