Danish screenwriter Lise Norgaard dies aged 105

Author and journalist Lise Norgaard (Linda Kastrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP/PA)

Lise Norgaard, the screenwriter who wrote the popular TV drama Matador about the lives of ordinary Danish families during the 1930s and the hard times of the Second World War, has died aged 105.

Norgaard died on Sunday after a brief illness, her family said on Monday. She is also known for having written her 1992 Memoirs Kun En Pige, recounting her struggle to become a female reporter.