Petter Nome (18 July 1954 – 5 June 2024) was a Norwegian television personality, journalist and organisational worker.

Life and career

Nome was born in

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, but grew up at Kampen and Ila. He did his secondary education at

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

, worked odd jobs on land and at sea and studied

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at the

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. In 1978, he was hired as a journalist at ''

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''. He later co-founded the local radio station Radio Oslo. He started working for the

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in 1984. Nome was a news anchor on ''

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'', and later presented a number of weekend entertainment shows: ''Zikk Zakk'', ''Zting'', ''Nomes Ark'', ''Rondo'', ''Åpent Hus'', ''Sommeråpent'', ''På'n igjen'' (with

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), ''No'me Nome'', ''Gringos'' and ''XYZ''. He hosted '' TV-aksjonen'' in 1990, the

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in 1995, '' Momarkedet'' in 1999, the millennium countdown show in 2000, as well as three

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shows. In 1993 he was awarded the ''

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'' readers' TV personality of the year award. He served on several boards, including

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, Oslo Domkor, Solo-fondet and the Sophie Prize. In 2002 and 2003, he was an outspoken opponent of the

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. In early January 2003 he created the campaign "Hello America!", in which he and other signatories asked people to send e-mails to "American News Media" and the US presidential and vice presidential offices, where they lamented the prospect of an Iraq War. This led to conflicting views with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and he was relieved of the host job of 2003's edition of ''Sommeråpent'', and quit his job at NRK not long thereafter. He was hired as director of communications in the

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. He was re-hired to work with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

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show '' Frokost-TV'' from 2006. The show was cancelled in 2008. In 2009 he was hired as managing director of the Norwegian Brewers and Soft Drinks Producers. In January 2009 he married television colleague

. They lived in Ånnerud in

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. Nome died from cancer on 5 June 2024, at the age of 69.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nome, Petter 1954 births 2024 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian television news anchors Norwegian television presenters Norwegian journalists NRK people People from Kristiansand Deaths from cancer in Norway