Knut Ove Lystad (born 31 January 1946) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, best known from the comedy trio KLM, alongside

Trond Kirkvaag Trond Georg Kirkvaag (21 June 1946 – 16 November 2007) was a Norwegian comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter, author, director and television host. During his 39 years at the Norwegian TV network, NRK, he produced numerous comedy ...

and

Lars Mjøen Lars Lennart Heiberg Mjøen (born 13 November 1945) is a Norwegian comedian, actor, singer, screenwriter, director, editor and author. He is best known as a member of the comedy trio KLM, alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Knut Lystad. Career Mjøen a ...

Career

Lystad and Mjøen began their entertainment careers with the

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radio show “Bedre sent enn alvor” ''(Better late than seriously)'' in 1975, a program heavily inspired by

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. In 1976, they moved on to television where they joined Kirkvaag, who was already a well-known comedian in Norway, for the satirical news program ''Nynytt'' (''Newnews''). His future KLM shows included “Klin Kokos” (''Sticky Coconuts'', 1981), “MRK Fjærsynet” (''MRK TeeVee'', 1983), “I spøkelyset” (''In the Joke Light'', 1984), “Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn” (''Skai ^Ⓡ TV ''Not to be confused with the Greek Skai TV (ΣΚΑΪ Τηλεόραση) channel, set up five years later…'' — An Imitated Television (Channel)'', 1988), “KLMs Nachspiel” (''KLM's After Play'', 1992) and “KLMs Vorspiel” (''KLM's Prelude'', 1995). In 1985, KLM made their first and only

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, ''Noe helt annet'' (''Something completely different''), about Buffalo Bull, a young man who must come to terms about being a

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. KLM made four series of ''

Brødrene Dal ''Brødrene Dal'' ('The Brothers Dal') is a Norwegian television series by Norwegian comedy trio KLM ( Kirkvaag, Lystad, Mjøen), that originally aired as four series in 1979, 1982, 1994 and 2005. A fifth adventure, originally performed on sta ...

'', about three explorer brothers (Gaus (Mjøen), Roms (Lystad) and Brumund Dal (Kirkvaag)) and their absurd adventures. In 1998, Lystad was cast in the TV2 sitcom “Karl & co”, which ran until 2001. In 2007 he starred in another sitcom on

, “Luftens helter” ''(Heroes of the Sky)'', which he co-created with his KLM colleague Trond Kirkvaag.

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