Frode Kristoffersen

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]