Benneche was born in
Bergen, and is the mother of
Sissel Benneche Osvold. She worked for the newspaper
Dagbladet from 1959 to 1980. In 1974 she was awarded the
Narvesen Prize. She headed the
Norwegian Press Association from 1975 to 1979. She served as a deputy representative to the
Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 1958–1961. She was a member of the Norwegian
UNESCO commission, a board member of
Riksteatret and the
Norwegian Data Inspectorate where she served as deputy chair from 1986 to 1990. ==References==