Simen Ekern

Simen Ekern (born 1975) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011. Since 2024 he works for the trade magazine Dagens Næringsliv in Oslo.^[1]

Simen Ekern
Born	1975 (age 49–50)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Journalist, non-fiction writer
Employer	Dagens Næringsliv
Awards	Brage Prize (2011)

Career

Educated as historian of ideas,^[2] Ekern worked as freelance journalist for various newspapers, including Aftenposten, Verdens Gang, Dagens Næringsliv and Dagbladet.^[3] He was subseauently freelancer for the television channel TV 2 and for Morgenbladet.^[2]

He made his literary debut in 2006 with the book Berlusconis Italia, about the Italian society. His second book Roma from 2011, treats subcultures in the Italian capital Rome.^[3] For this book he was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011.^[4] In 2015 he wrote the book Europeere.^[3] In 2017 he issued the book Folket det er meg, about populism in Europe.^[5]

In 2020 he was appointed as foreign correspondent for NRK in Brussels, succeeding Philip Lote [no].^[2][3] He left this job in 2024 to begin working for Dagens Næringsliv, a trade magazine in Norway.^[1]