Henning Lange Sinding-Larsen (1 November 1904 – 18 November 1994) was a Norwegian journalist.
He was born inAsker as a son of painterKristofer Sinding-Larsen (1873–1948) and Margrethe Volkersen (1880–1951). He was a grandson ofAlfred Sinding-Larsen, a nephew ofChristian Magnus Sinding-Larsen,Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen andHolger Sinding-Larsen,[1] and a first cousin ofKnut Martens Sinding-Larsen.[2]
Sinding-Larsen was married three times. From 1930 to 1932 he was married to Gunhild Thalbitzer (1904–1995), daughter ofCarl Thalbitzer. From 1934 to 1938 he was married to Vivika Catharina Margareta Ankarcrona (1914–1992). From July 1939 to 1965 he was married to Hilary Yvonne Holme (1918–).[1] In August the same year their daughter Ellen Beate was born. She marriedEgil Kraggerud and became the mother ofHenning Kraggerud.[3]
His family moved a lot during his childhood, but he took theexamen artium in 1922 inKristiania. He also took commerce school. In 1927 he graduated from the university with thelaw degree. However, he started a career in journalism, and was hired asCopenhagen correspondent forGöteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning in 1929. In 1933 he became Oslo correspondent, and also wrote for Oslo-based newspaperAftenposten. He soon dedicated his career toAftenposten, and was itsParis correspondent from 1946 to 1949 andBonn correspondent from 1950 to 1952. From 1952 to 1953 he was inZurich. For his coverage of the1960 Summer Olympics he won theNarvesen Prize. He retired in 1973.[1]
Sinding-Larsen was an activefencer, and also chaired theNorwegian Fencing Federation for some time. He wrote two memoir books;Med pressekort. Reiser og mennesker (1976) and1001 dag. Erfaringer fra 40 journalistår (1982). He died in November 1994 in Oslo.[1]
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