Torsten Stiig Jansen

Torsten Stiig Jansen
Jansen in Copenhagen, 2012
Born24 July 1963 (1963-07-24) (age 61)
Virum, Denmark
EducationDanish School of Journalism CBS Executive Board Leadship Master Degree
Occupation(s)Journalist, diplomat, lobbyist
Notable creditTV Avisen Magasinet Søndag DR
SpouseCathrine Gyldensted
Websitewww.leadagency.dk

Torsten Stiig Jansen (born 24 July 1963) is a Danish journalist. He has worked for Ekstra Bladet and DR as a foreign news reporter, US correspondent, Head of Foreign News, and news presenter at TV Avisen. [1] In 2007, he left DR after being appointed Minister-Counsellor, cultural attaché at the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.[2] He is currently an associate partner at the public affairs bureau, LEAD Agency in Copenhagen.[3]

While a young reporter for Ekstra Bladet in 1990–1993, Jansen covered the revolutions of 1989, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, [4] the Bosnian Wars, and the Siege of Sarajevo. Based in Moscow for Ekstra Bladet, Jansen travelled extensively in Eastern Europe reporting on the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt against the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.[5] He also covered the Rwandan genocide and the release of Nelson Mandela.[6]

Jansen has co-written several books on American politics. In 2020, the publishing house Gyldendal published Jansen's book Sprækker on Danish-US relations through interviews with all current living Danish Prime ministers.[7]

  1. ^ "Journalist, diplomat og lobbyist fylder 50". Bureaubiz. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Torsten Jansen forlader DR". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Torsten Stiig Jansen". LEAD Agency. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Torsten Jansen fylder 50 år". Mediawatch. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Fax fra Sarajevo – En fortælling om overlevelse". Cobolt Publishing. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Heldige Jansen: Manden, der mødte Mandela i København". B.T.. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sprækker. Om rystelserne i venskabet mellem Danmark og USA". Gyldendal. Retrieved October 5, 2021.