Werner “Totto” Osvold (21 June 1941 – 3 June 2023) was a Norwegian radio entertainer.
Personal life
Born in
Ålesund
Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...
on 21 June 1941, Osvold was married to journalist
Sissel Benneche Osvold
Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 4 April 1945) is a Norwegian journalist. She was assigned to the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' for nearly 35 years, and received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2007.
Personal life
Born in Stavanger on 4 April 1945, Bennec ...
. Their daughter Katja was a vocalist in
Life... But How to Live It?[
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Career
Osvold was assigned with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
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 1965 to 2006, as entertainer, and from 1986 to 1990 as program editor. He is known from radio shows such as ' and ', and for his cooperation with " Stutum" and with humorist Harald Heide-Steen Jr.Spellemannprisen
The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...
in 1973 for their album ''Stutum Speaking''.
Osvold died on 3 June 2023, at the age of 81.
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1941 births
2023 deaths
People from Ålesund
Norwegian entertainers
NRK people
Spellemannprisen winners
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