Leo Ajkic (born 21 November 1983 in

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) is a Norwegian-Bosnian presenter for radio and TV.

Background and work

Ajkic and his family fled Mostar because of the war Serbian-Bosnia and Herzegovina. He participated in the circuit championship in mathematics when he lived in Bosnia. After four years on the run, they came to Norway. Ajkic was then eleven years old. He began a university education with the subjects academic writing,

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, and

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at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

. Ajkic started with TV in 2007 when he made two seasons of the series Kåk, Gate and the THC effect together with Synopsis Film for BTV, Bergens Tidende's TV channel. During the recording of ''Kåk'', he threw a cat off Kjersti Berge's terrace, which got him reported by the organization Kattens Vern and the

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. Despite a storm of viewers and police reports, the case was dropped. In 2010 he joined

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. In the summer of 2011, he was programme manager for the ''Lifeguards'' and made the series ''Leo tester Hove'' two years in a row. In the autumn of 2011, he worked in ''Banden'' on P3, the '' Trygdekontoret'' on

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and ''TV-aksjonen 2011'' on

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. In the spring of 2012, he hosted the series ''Leo & de utstøtte'' on NRK P3 and in the autumn of 2012, he hosted the TV programme ''Leo og u-landslaget'' on NRK3. In 2013 and 2014, he was the presenter of ''Typen til'' on NRK3, which was a sequel to Live Nelvik's ''Dama til'' from 2011. Ajkic was then one of the people Nelvik was "the lady to". He was nominated for the audience award in front of

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2013. In January and February 2017, he was the presenter of the TV series '' Flukt'' on NRK1, where he gave an insight into the everyday life of some of those who flee. After the series, he was awarded Fritt Ord's honour prize. In the explanation, it is said, among other things, "". He was also named best male presenter during the Gullruten 2017 and was nominated for the public television award, while the series won two further awards, including best documentary series. Ajkic is the presenter of the documentary series ''Rus'', which was produced in 2020 and 2021 by

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. The series is about Norwegian youth and drugs. It premiered on

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and NRK1 on Monday, 18 October 2021. For the series, Ajkic won the Gullruten 2022 in the category best presenter – news, sport or current affairs.

Awards and achievements

* 2013: Nominated for

2013, the audience award * 2017: Fritt Ord's honor * 2017: Gullruten 2017, best male presenter for '' Flukt'' * 2017: Nominated for Gullruten 2017, the audience award for ''Flukt'' * 2017:

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prize * 2019: Jonasprisen * 2022: Gullruten 2022, best presenter – news, sport or current affairs for ''Rus'' * 2022: Nominated for Gullruten 2022, the audience award for ''Rus''

References

External links

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