Bettina Heltberg

Bettina Heltberg (born September 28, 1942) is a Danish writer and actor.

The daughter of Niels Johannes Heltberg and Grethe Heltberg, she was born in Frederiksberg and grew up there. She attended acting school and later completed a degree in political science from Aarhus University in 1972. Heltberg worked as a secretary for the Danish Ministry of Culture from 1972 to 1974.[1][2]

She appeared in the 1962 film Det støver stadig.[2]

Heltberg wrote on culture and was an editorial writer for the newspaper Politiken. From 1975 to 1977, she was editor of the Social Democrat journal Ny Politik.[3]

She married Svend Auken in 1966; the couple had four children. They divorced in 1993. Heltberg's autobiographical book Hvor der handles. Erindringsbilleder , published in 1996, includes a behind the scenes view of the leadership convention where Auken was defeated as party leader by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. The book was awarded the Weekendavisens litteraturpris in 1996.[1][3]