Sidsel Wold

Sidsel Wold (born 23 February 1959) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. She is known as Middle East correspondent for NRK, and is a recipient of the Ossietzky Award and the Gullruten honorary award.

Personal life and education Wold was born in Oslo on 23 February 1959, and grew up in Oslo and Bærum. In 1978 she worked at a kibbutz in Israel and learned speaking Hebrew. She has studied Russian language, history and political science at the University of Oslo. She graduated from in 1990.

Wold is married to journalist, non-fiction writer and globetrotter Ragnar Kvam Jr. In 2014 she received the Ossietzky Award from the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., again for her middle East reportings.

Her books include Warra! Warra!: Da de hvite kom til Australia from 1999, which earned her a debut prize from the Norwegian Writers for Children; further Checkpoint: En beretning fra Midtøsten (2006), and Landet som lovet alt: Min israelske reise from 2015.