Yngvar Numme (1 October 1944 – 25 November 2023) was a Norwegian singer, actor, revue writer and director. He was particularly known for his central role in the show group

Dizzie Tunes Dizzie Tunes was a Norwegian musical show group from the city of Skien. Dizzie Tunes was one of the most successful in Norwegian show business. Biography The group was founded as the dance band ''Rex Band'' in 1959, was named ''Dizzie Tunes'' ...

for about forty years, one of the most successful ensembles in Norwegian entertainment. 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 1990, and Dizzie Tunes received the same award in 1993. Numme and fellow Dizzie Tunes member also formed a

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which usually performed as a part of the Dizzie Tunes shows, but sometimes also as a standalone act independent of the group. Numme would typically be the

straight man The straight man (or straight woman in the case of female characters), also known as a "comedic foil", is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically ...

, while Gunstrøm would be the funny or eccentric character. Numme and Gunstrøm was one of Norway's most popular comedy acts in the 1970s and 1980s. Numme also voiced in the animated film, "Løvenes Konge" (Norwegian version of ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. Produced by Walt Disney ...

'') and voiced for The Chronicler in the Norwegian dub for '' The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon'' video game released in 2008.

Personal life

Numme was born in

Porsgrunn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Porsgrunn (town), city ...

on 1 October 1944. His parents were Harald Numme and Erna Andreasssen. His first marriage, from 1969 to 1991, was to Kari Fogstad. In 1996 he married dancer Ingrid Meland. He was father to television host

Thomas Numme Thomas Numme (born 28 February 1970) is a Norway, Norwegian television personality. He was born in Sandefjord, a son of Yngvar Numme, and took media education at Volda University College. He worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation on NRK ...

. Numme died on 25 November 2023, at the age of 79.

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* * 1944 births 2023 deaths People from Porsgrunn Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male voice actors Norwegian male singers Norwegian male comedians Leonard Statuette winners Norwegian male video game actors {{norway-actor-stub