Westvik died on Wednesday. The family’s close friend Sæmund Fiskvik tells news that she died in Moss with her daughter by her side on Wednesday. – She received a cancer diagnosis not too long ago, says Fiskvik. It was VG who reported the death first. Program leader Rita Westvik when in 1988 they were to hand out mini statuettes for the first time at the Spellemannprisen. Photo: Jens Kvale / NTB Radio editor The cultural personality was born in Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag on 28 September 1952. She first became known when, in the first half of the 1970s, she was a member of the Trøndish folk rock band Isenkram, together with, among others, Fiskvik. Westvik played guitar and sang on the band’s only LP, which was released in 1974. Later, Westvik took the initiative for, and was the first editor for, the women’s radio station RadiOrakel from 1982 to 1984. Led Saturday entertainment Westvik became nationally known when in 1984 and 1985 she led news’s Saturday entertainment program “Saturday Circus”. Rita Westvik was program manager for “Lørdagsirkuset” in 1984/85. There she did, among other things, the first interview with A-ha and also met celebrities such as Frida from Abba and Boy George. – Rita Westvik was an innovator of Norwegian weekend entertainment in the 80s with programs such as “Lørdagskirkuset” and “På hengende håret”, says head of news’s entertainment department, Charlo Halvorsen. – She was a creative arrival and a new and colorful character in Norwegian TV rooms, he adds. Rita Westvik led the Norwegian final of Melodi Grand Prix in 1985: Here she introduces the winner Bobbysocks. He says that she was also for a time manager of several areas of news Radio, and was a caring and fun manager to work under. Among other things, she was news P3’s first channel manager. – Rita will be remembered in news as the creative whirlwind she was, says Halvorsen. Became a politician Rita Westvik leads the Melodi Grand Prix final in 1985. Photo: Hans Due / NTB After her career in news, Westvik entered politics. She was political adviser in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 1993–1994 and then in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1994–1996. She later worked at Sintef for ten years and was also an advisor in innovation and communication. Published 11.07.2024, at 07.11 Updated 11.07.2024, at 07.36
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