Host Line Andersen in case against NRK – VG



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MOVING TO THE CASE: Line Andersen. Photo: Hampus Lundgren

Line Andersen (47) is suing the employer and asking for compensation. The television profile admits that these are difficult days.

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Report the Journalist.

According to the media website, the case concerns, among other things, a change in job duties by NRK.

Sports journalist Andersen believes it is an invalid trade termination and is demanding compensation from the state channel.

The 47-year-old has a long experience in NRK-sporten, not least made a name for himself through his chess broadcasts. He also appeared on the May 17 show on NRK and received multiple Gullruten nominations.

Background: Line Andersen replaced as chess program manager

According to Journalisten, he has not appeared on screen since 2019.

– There is nothing in the whole world that I would like more than that was not necessary, but it has turned out to be. I have always spoken to some of the best people in the area and we have tried to do everything we can to prevent this from happening. But in the end, there was no other way out, Andersen tells the website.

There he also says that the case is more than that he is deprived of the functions of program manager.

– it has been hard

For VG, Andersen describes the last few years as follows:

– It was tough. I’m sorry. I have tried to work hard to solve this in every possible way. That’s what my life is really about.

– What is the conflict about?

– I can’t answer what it has to do with the field. This is a case between NRK and me.

– Do you feel like you’ve been fired?

– No, I still get paid in NRK.

2019: Line Andersen as program director during the Oslo Marathon. Photo: Frode Hansen, VG

Andersen does not want to elaborate on the duties he has had at NRK in the past two years. It also will not state what type of amount you are requesting compensation, or exactly why you are requesting compensation.

– I wish this was never in public, I have nothing to gain from being in public space. There is no plan behind this. I wish this had never happened.

– Great consequences

Andersen’s attorney, Tron Dalheim, tells Journalisten that, as they see it, Andersen has been subjected to a legally untenable process that has been disproportionately onerous for her.

– The case concerns decisions made by NRK, which have important consequences for Line Andersen’s subsequent career, the lawyer tells the website.

Four days have been reserved for the case at the Oslo District Court in mid-May.

– We can confirm that NRK has received a subpoena from Line Andersen. We have had a dialogue with Line Andersen for a long time and we want to find a solution. We don’t want to say anything more now, as we consider this to be a personnel matter, Olav Hypher, NRK’s ​​organizational director, tells VG.

Leader Rolf Johansen at NRKJ, the NRK club of the Norwegian Journalists Association, tells VG that it is unnatural for them to comment on a subpoena they are not a party to.

TRIO MAY 17: Line Andersen, Nadia Hasnaoui and Olav Viksmo Slettan in 2014. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB

VG asked Line Andersen when he first considered going to court with the case.

– It is not something you consider until you realize that it is the only way out.

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– Do you plan to continue working at NRK after the court agreement?

– I hope so!

– Don’t you feel that the conflict is at a level that makes it impossible for you to continue working there?

– Not from me in any way, replies Andersen, who previously won the gold badge of honor from the Norwegian Chess Federation (2018) and the Riksmålsforbundet TV award (2015).

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