Gidske Anderson

Gidske Anderson (4 November 1921 – 19 October 1993) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and author.

She studied at Aars og Voss skole and graduated from the State Teachers' School (Statens teiknelärarskole) at Notodden.

She worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and then the newspaper Arbeiderbladet (1954–64) in Paris.

She published her autobiography Det hendte meg in 1983 and completed biographies on both Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange (1902–1970) and Norwegian Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli (1910–1984) as well as of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949).

She sat on the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1981 to 1993, and chaired it in part of 1990 following the death of Egil Aarvik (1912-1990).