Johan Derussy Golden (born 9 June 1974) is a Norwegian comedian, musician, former politician and radio and television presenter. He became known through the radio programme
XL, and later through the television programme
En L.U.N. Aften med Golden og Antonsen on the now defunct channel
Metropol.
Golden stood on
Det Politiske Parti's list in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
during the
2001 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 2001.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The governing Labour Party lost seats and their vote share was the worst they had ever ...
, and his personal slogan was "Your slave in parliament". He is also part of the band DDR.
Golden's father is from the Caribbean with ancestors from Africa. Golden is Norwegian and French citizen.
[«Komiker i krenkeland». ''Dagsavisen''. 21. oktober 2017. «Johan Golden har far fra Karibia og mor fra Halden, han ble født på den ørlille øygruppa Guadeloupe, som tilhører Frankrike, og er fransk statsborger. Golden-navnet kommer fra slekten på morssida, som har tilhørighet i Halden. Ærverdige Berby Herregård har vært i Golden-slektens eie siden 1800-tallet. Johan Goldens mor er professor i språkfag ved Universitetet i Oslo, og traff Johans far under studier i Frankrike.»]
In winter 2006 he presented the programme
Golden Goal
The golden goal is a sports rule used in association football, Australian rules football, bandy, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby league to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the ...
on
TV2 together with
Henrik Elvestad
Henrik Elvestad (born 3 July 1973) is a Norwegian actor, comedian, and television presenter.
Career
From 2006 to 2015, Elvestad hosted Norwegian television program ''Golden Goal (TV series), Golden Goal'' with Johan Golden, where they invented ...
. He worked for a while on the
Kanal 24 programme Kommisjonen where he was the presenter together with
Atle Antonsen
Atle Antonsen (born 11 August 1969, in Lillehammer) is a Norwegian comedian and actor.
Antonsen has participated in and contributed to several television and radio shows, including ''XL'' and ''XLTV'' (1998–99), '' Nissene på låven'' (20 ...
. They later migrated to
P4 with
Misjonen, where they reassembled the same radio program, but with a new label.
References
External links
*
Page at standup.no
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1974 births
Living people
Norwegian male comedians
Norwegian television presenters
Norwegian television talk show hosts