Henden was from Porsgrunn and was 63 years old. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. – Harald died quietly and peacefully at Diakonhjemmet hospital today at 11 a.m. with his good friend Morten Rostrup from Doctors Without Borders by his side, says responsible editor Gard Steiro to VG. Henden was on several missions in Afghanistan. Here during an exercise with the defense helicopters. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB In 2017, he accompanied Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s visit to Hanoi. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB In 1995 he won Picture of the Year in the Press Photographers Club’s annual award. The picture is called “Terror bombing, Kabul November 1995”. Photo: Erik Johansen / NTB Henden won the Picture of the World Press Photo Children’s Award in 2000 for this photo. The photograph shows Kosovo Albanians trapped in “No Man’s Land” between Kosovo and Macedonia. Photo: Harald Henden / Reuters In June this year, the King appointed appointed VG photographer Harald Henden (63) as a knight of the 1st class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. Photo: Espen Rasmussen / VG / POOL / NTB Before he died, he was appointed knight 1st class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He received the award for his photographic efforts. He was presented with the decoration at an event at Diakonhjemmet hospital. Earlier this year, he also received the honorary award from the Press Photographers’ Club. Henden was honored with an honorary award from the Press Photographers’ Club a few months before he died. A lifetime as a war photographer Henden worked a lifetime as a war photographer all over the world. Last winter he received a serious cancer diagnosis, which he was open about. The diagnosis meant that he eventually had to end his work as a photographer. He started his career as a war photographer for VG in 1991. Since then, he has worked in the Middle East, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Somalia and Ukraine. Henden at work in Afghanistan in 2008. Here he photographs Støre. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB Harald was present in Afghanistan during the terrorist attack on Hotel Serena, where Dagbladet’s journalist Carsten Tomassen died. The then foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre was also at the scene during the terrorist attack in 2008. Praised by former colleagues – Harald Henden has been the country’s most important photojournalist for several decades. He has been the one of us in the media who has been most present in areas of war and conflict. Without his journalism, we would understand less of what is happening in the world, and we would have less knowledge about wars, says VG’s editor Gard Steiro to news. VG’s editor pays tribute to Henden. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB Steiro also pays tribute to the fellow human being Harald. – He was caring and very humble. He cared about his colleagues. He was generous. Several have also written tributes about him on social media. On Facebook, the photographer Hans Olav Forsang writes the following to his friend and colleague: “Very slowly I understand that you have left for the last time and that you are not coming back” He further writes that it feels senseless that his friend is not coming back this time, and that others must now take with them the strength Henden showed through his illness and in his job as a war photographer. – We also have to manage without you and your voice: an extraordinary colleague who taught, who inspired and who cared, writes Forsang. Forsang describes Henden as a colleague who made an effort to make a difference to others, and a friend who was always there “when it mattered most”. Lindis Hurum, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders, tells news that Henden’s work as a war photographer has been of great importance. Lindis, Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders. Photo: Francesco Zizola / Doctors Without Borders – He has meant a lot to telling stories in a different way, which brings out the interpersonal and human. Harald is very good at telling the small, everyday things. He was able to do that because he has the view of humanity that he has. She adds that he was good at getting in touch with people in vulnerable situations. The collaboration with Henden on the book Svein Tore Bergstuen, who in 2018 wrote the book “In war and loneliness: War photographer Harald Henden”, tells news that he learned a lot from collaborating with Henden. The collaboration on a book. Photo: Martin Fjellanger Telenor – What I remember best from our book project was his memory when it came to people. He knew the names of everyone he had photographed. Perhaps the very best we have had in the last four decades, adds Bergstuen. In 2017, Henden talked about life as a war photographer in Summer in P2. Published 03.07.2024, at 12.20 Updated 03.07.2024, at 13.25
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