Anne Grietje Franssen

Anne Grietje Franssen was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with Am I allowed to grieve my self-chosen abortion?

Anne Grietje Franssen is a Dutch journalist and author who, until recently, was the Scandinavia correspondent to Dutch newspapers Trouw and FD. She currently works at culture and debate center De Balie, in Amsterdam, producing programmes around the topics of climate, nature and the future of agriculture. In addition, she is writing two books with publishing houses De Bezige Bij and Alfabet Uitgevers. One book concerns the indigenous Sámi people and the green colonization of their land. During their eight seasons, Franssen lived and migrated with semi-nomadic reindeer herders on the tundra. The other book is about her life on a small and car-free Swedish island during her years as a correspondent. Her academic background is in post-colonial history and journalism