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Both before and after the attack, William Nygaard has been an outspoken defender of free speech, and is a board member of the Norwegian division of International PEN. In 1994 he was awarded the Fritt Ord Award. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.
He has been a member of the board of Norway's National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. In 2010 he was elected chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
He has two children.
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