Frank Rossavik

Frank Rossavik

Frank Rossavik (born 21 December 1965) is a Norwegian journalist.

He has worked as a journalist in "Bergens Tidende" since 1996. He has written two books, [ [http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cmd=&kilde=biblio&fid=bd&term=Rossavik%2C+Frank+1965-&op=and&fid=bd&term=&arstall=&sortering=sortdate&treffPrSide=50 List of publications in BIBSYS] ] including the 2007 biography on Einar Førde for which he won the Brage Prize.cite book |title=Hvem er hvem? |last= |first= |authorlink= |year=2008 |editor=Knut Olav Åmås |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |isbn=978-82-03-23561-0 |pages=15 ]

Rossavik graduated from the University of Bergen in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in comparative politics. He worked as a journalist in "Rogalands Avis" from 1987 to 1988, before being hired as press secretary for the Socialist Left Party. He left in 1990. He worked as a journalist in "Bladet Tromsø" in 1990 and "Vårt Land" from 1991 to 1992, and then as information director in the European Movement Norway from 1992 to 1995 and information consultant in Gambit the next year. In 2004 he took the master's degree in international politics from the Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques. [ [http://www.bt.no/meninger/kommentar/rossavik/index.jsp Frank Rossavik] at "Bergens Tidende"]

Rossavik is openly gay, [cite news |first=Harald |last=Stanghelle |authorlink=Harald Stanghelle |title=Det gudløses triumf? |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentarer/article2287010.ece |work=Aftenposten |language=Norwegian |date=1 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-05 ] and has been called "the best writer among the homosexuals" by Christian Conservative Finn Jarle Sæle. [cite news |first=Finn Jarle |last=Sæle |authorlink=Finn Jarle Sæle |title=Kanonene på Navarone |url=http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=14960 |work=Norge IDAG |language=Norwegian |date=18 August 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-05 ]

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