Halvor Kleppen (born 3 September 1947 in

Bø, Telemark Bø is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It was part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Midt-Telemark, but was historically regarded as part of Grenland. The municipality e ...

) is a Norwegian media personality, theme park owner and writer. He was hired in

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radio in 1973, and worked in the entertainment department. In the summer of 1982 he presented the show ''Sumarteltet'', where he toured with a circus and made an entertainment show from that. In 1982 he was awarded the '' Se og Hør'' readers' TV personality of the year award. He left the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation later that year to become a freelancer. He later hosted the show ''Starshot'' on

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, where celebrities were invited to try

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. He also co-owns Bø Sommarland, a waterpark in

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. He has also hosted a TVNorge summer show from here, ''Sommer i Sommarland''. He has written several books, mostly about local history or skiing. In 2007 he took a master's degree at Telemark University College.Master's thesis
in

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