Bettina Heltberg
Bettina Heltberg (28 September 1942 – 3 February 2025) was a Danish writer and actor.
Life and career
[edit]The daughter of Niels Johannes Heltberg and Grethe Heltberg, she was born in Frederiksberg and grew up there. She attended acting school and later completed a degree in political science from Aarhus University in 1972. Heltberg worked as a secretary for the Danish Ministry of Culture from 1972 to 1974.[1][2]
She appeared in the 1962 film Det støver stadig.[2]
Heltberg wrote on culture and was an editorial writer for the newspaper Politiken. From 1975 to 1977, she was editor of the Social Democrat journal Ny Politik.[3]
She married Svend Auken in 1966; the couple had four children. They divorced in 1993. Heltberg's autobiographical book Hvor der handles. Erindringsbilleder, published in 1996, includes a behind the scenes view of the leadership convention where Auken was defeated as party leader by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. The book was awarded the Weekendavisens litteraturpris in 1996.[1][3]
Heltberg died on 3 February 2025, at the age of 82.[4]
Selected works
[edit]- Apéritif, novel (1964)
- Kvindesag (1976)
- Resten er tavshed, about William Shakespeare (1999)
- Deadline, novel (2002)
- George, about George Clooney (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bettina Heltberg". History of Nordic Women's Literature.
- ^ a b "Bettina Heltberg". danskefilm.dk (in Danish).
- ^ a b "Bettina Heltberg (1942 - )". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish).
- ^ "Bettina Heltberg er død". Ekstra Bladet. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
External links
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- Politiken people
- 20th-century Danish novelists
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- 21st-century Danish novelists
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- 20th-century Danish actresses