Odd Karsten Tveit
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- Gullruten (2002)
- Brage Prize (2005)
Odd Karsten Tveit | |
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 Tveit in 2007 | |
| Born | 17 December 1945 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, correspondent, writer |
| Agent | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Odd Karsten Tveit (born 17 December 1945) is a Norwegian journalist, writer and economist. His speciality is the Middle East, a subject on which he has written several books. Tveit has been a foreign correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in the Middle East[1] through three periods, from 1979 to 1983, from 1990 to 1994, and from 2003 to 2007.
Tveit has also served as a major in the UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in Lebanon.[2]
Foreign correspondent
Cairo 1978
Tveit's first assignment as a foreign correspondent was in Cairo in 1978, a short-term replacement for Kjell Gjøstein Resi.
Beirut 1979–1983
When Tveit started on his first permanent period as a foreign correspondent for NRK, in 1979, he relocated NRK's office from Cairo to Beirut. Tveit stayed in Beirut until 1983.[3] [4]
Amman 1990–1994
During his next period as a Middle East correspondent, 1990–1994, the NRK office was based in Amman.[3]
Amman 2003–2007
Tveit was again Middle East correspondent for NRK from 2003 to 2007, when the office was based in Amman.[5] In 2007 Sidsel Wold was assigned as NRK's new correspondent after Tveit had finished his period in Amman.[6]
Gullruten award
Books
Tveit wrote three books on energy politics in the early 1970s. From the mid-1980s the theme for his books has been the Middle East. He issued the book Alt for Israel. Oslo-Jerusalem 1948–1978 ("All for Israel") in 1996, and Krig og diplomati. Oslo-Jerusalem 1978–1996 ("War and Diplomacy") in 2005.[1][9] He was awarded the Brage Prize for non-fiction in 2005, for Krig og diplomati.[10]
Controversy
In November 2025, claims were made about plagiarism in his book about Sylvia Raphael.[11]
