Selda Ekiz

Selda Ekiz (born November 28, 1984, in Drammen) is a Norwegian presenter on NRK and is a trained physicist. She grew up in Sande in Vestfold and her parents immigrated from Turkey in the 1970s.[1]

Selda Ekiz
Born (1984-11-28) November 28, 1984
Drammen, Norway
EducationUniversity of Bergen
Occupations
PartnerGustav Nilsen (2010-2018)

Background and career

She is named after the Turkish singer Selda Bağcan[2] and moved away from home to attend upper secondary school at Skagerak International School. In 2011, she obtained a master's degree in physics from the University of Bergen,[3] and helped to start up the science communication group "Fysikkshow Bergen" (English: Physics Show Bergen).[4]

She has been associated with NRK Trøndelag.[5] From 2011 to 2013, she was presenter of the popular science youth program Newton. For the programme, she won Gullruten 2013 as best female presenter and was nominated in the same class during Gullruten 2012 as well as the audience award in 2013.[6] Since 2013, she has been presenter of the knowledge competition Klassequizen on NRK TV.[7] From 2015 to 2017, she was presenter of the popular historical reality series Anno, which dramatized daily life 250 years ago, and since 2018, together with Ole Rolfsrud, she has been presenter of the TV competition Alle mot 1.[8][9][10] In 2019, she received the Mensa Norges pris (English: Mensa Norway prise) award for her ability to lower the threshold for children's interest in intellectual concepts, and to inspire children to let curiosity, science and research be part of their everyday lives.[11]

In 2020, she debuted as an actress in NRK's drama series Norsk-ish where she played the gynecologist Helin and had a large part of the dialogue in Turkish.[12][13] For Norsk-ish and Alle mot 1, she was nominated for the audience award during Gullruten 2021.[14]

From 2008, she has also performed as a stand-up comedian[15] and was one of three that won "Unheard and Unheard" during the Great Norwegian Humor Festival in 2008.[16]

References
  1. Fossen, Erik. "– Jeg føler meg norsk, men skjønner ikke hva jeg skal gjøre for å være mer norsk". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-05-25. For å betale ned gjelden fulgte han fotsporene til sine brødre, som hadde funnet arbeid på en bølgepappfabrikk i bitte lille Sande, av alle steder. Arbeidsinnvandreren likte syttitalls-Norge og sendte bud etter Gulistan, jenta fra nabogården, for å stifte familie.
  2. "Selda Ekiz - Drivkraft". NRK Radio (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  3. Ekiz, Selda (2011). A new approach to compound specific gas detection. Universitetet i Bergen.
  4. "Fysikkshow Bergen". Universitetet i Bergen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  5. "Bli kjent med Selda". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). nrk.no. Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  6. "Her er Gullrute-vinneren". nrk.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. "Tiårsjubileum for Klassequizen". nrk.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  8. Anno (in Norwegian Bokmål), NRK, retrieved 2023-05-25
  9. Borghan, Atosa (2018-01-12). "– Du kan vinne opp til 100.000 kroner". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  10. Amlie, Helene (2021-02-17). ""Alle mot 1" er tilbake!". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  11. "Mensaprisen | Mensa Norge". www.mensa.no. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  12. Norsk-ish (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2023-05-25
  13. ""Norsk-ish": NRK lykkes med å speile et flerkulturelt Oslo". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  14. "Her kan du stemme på "Publikumsprisen"!". tv2.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  15. Mamma - Selda Ekiz, retrieved 2023-05-25
  16. "Stand Up Bergen". Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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