Rune Gokstad (born 26 November 1958) is a Norwegian comedian, actor, and radio and television host.
Career
Born in
Oslo
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, Gokstad was assigned with
NRK
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company.
The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...
from 1987. He worked with radio shows such as ' and ', and has created and hosted humorous television shows, including the series ' (1993–2000) and ' (1997–2001), in cooperation with
. With Backe he also hosted the
travel documentary
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''Team Bachstad'', and he has been responsible for quiz shows such as ''Julenøtter'' and ''Påskenøtter''.
He was awarded the
Leonard Statuette
''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Schanke, Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's ...
in 2010,
and the
Riksmål Society
Riksmålsforbundet (; official translation: "The Riksmaal Society - The Society for the Preservation of Traditional Standard Norwegian") is the main organisation for Riksmål, an unofficial variety of the Norwegian language, based on the official ...
's television award in 2014.
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Selected works
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References
1958 births
Living people
Norwegian male comedians
Norwegian male actors
Norwegian television presenters
NRK people
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