Dagsrevyen
Country of origin	Norway
Language(s)	Norwegian
Production
Location(s)	Oslo, Norway
Running time	Monday-Friday: 30 minutes (from 2010: 45 minutes) Saturday and Sunday: 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NRK1 (1958-) NRK2 (2007 only)
Picture format	PAL (576i)
Original airing	1958
External links
Website

Dagsrevyen (English: The Daily Review) is the daily evening news programme for the Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), broadcast at 7 pm. In 2007, the programme started airing simultaneously on NRK's dedicated news channel NRK2, but this arrangement ended that same year. Dagsrevyen's first newscast was broadcast in 1958 and it has kept its name since. It is Norway's most viewed programme, with daily ratings of around one million. Around 200 people are involved in its production, with headquarters at Marienlyst in Oslo.

Dagsrevyen aims at fewer, but longer and more extensive stories than its competitors. NRK hosts a tight network of domestic journalists in addition to international correspondence offices, though NRK also uses footage acquired through the European Broadcasting Union. There are always two anchors, one male and one female. The Saturday and Sunday broadcasts are dubbed Lørdagsrevyen (The Saturday Review) and Søndagsrevyen (The Sunday Review), respectively.

The editor of television news is Solveig Tvedt and the lead news editor is Stein Bjøntegård^[1].

Other news-related broadcasts on NRK include Dagsrevyen 21, Kveldsnytt, Standpunkt (closed down), RedaksjonEN, Urix and Dagsnytt, plus the radio shows Ukeslutt, Dagsnytt 18 and Her og NÃ¥. NRK also broadcasts daily newscasts from most regional offices.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dagsrevyen at the Internet Movie Database

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Alexander Rybak
Rybak after he had won Eurovision 2009
Background information
Born	(1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 26) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Pop, folk, classical, Baroque pop
Occupations	Singer, actor, songwriter, composer, pianist
Instruments	Vocals, violin, piano
Years active	2009–present
Associated acts	Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Frikar
Website	www.alexanderrybak.com

Alexander Igoryevich Rybak (Russian: �лек�а�ндр И�горевич Рыба�к) or in Belarusian Alyaxandr Igaravich Rybak (�л�к�андр І�гаравіч Рыбак), born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union is a Norwegian^[1] singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor. Representing Norway in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, Rybak won the contest with 387 points—the highest tally any country has achieved in the history of Eurovision—with "Fairytale", a song he wrote and composed. His debut album, Fairytales, charted in the top 20 in nine European countries, including a No. 1 position in Norway and Russia.

Personal life[link]

Rybak was born on 13 May 1986, in Minsk, Belarus—which at that time was the Belarusian SSR in the Soviet Union. When he was 4 years old, he and his family moved to Norway.^[2] Rybak was baptized and raised in the Orthodox religion.^[3] At the age of five, Rybak began to play the piano and the violin.^[2] His parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a classical pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performs alongside Pinchas Zukerman.^[4] He stated "I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation".^[5] Rybak bought a new apartment and lives now at Aker Brygge (Oslo, Norway).

In 2010, several incidents of uncontrolled anger caused commentators to question whether Rybak has an anger control problem. During the trials for the ESC 2010 finals in Bærum, Rybak became so infuriated when a sound technician was not doing what he wanted that he smashed his own hand, breaking his fingers. Also, during trials for Swedish television in June 2010, he smashed his violin on the floor. His appearance was then canceled. According to his manager, Kjell Arild Tiltnes, Rybak does not have an issue with aggression. Tiltnes stated that "as long as he abreacts on objects and on himself, I see no reason for this to be something that he needs help dealing with." Rybak said, "I never raised my voice before, and that's why I did what I did. I'm just a human being—and perhaps not the glossy image many believe. So it was good to get out frustrations so I could go on. It's only me that goes beyond the same."^[6][7]

Career[link]

Alexander at the ESC 2009

Rybak has been a student at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo since the age of 10. Due to his success in the Eurovision Song Contest, he is currently taking a break from his bachelor's degree studies at the Institute.^[8][9] In 2004, Rybak was awarded the Anders Jahre Culture Prize.^[10] In 2005, he entered the Norwegian version of Idol, Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne, reaching the semifinal. In 2006, Rybak won Kjempesjansen (“The Great Opportunity�), a talent competition hosted by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), with his own song, "Foolin".^[5] Alexander Rybak has collaborated with artists such as a-ha's lead singer Morten Harket and Arve Tellefsen. As of 2007, Rybak has played the fiddler in Oslo Nye Teater's production of Fiddler on the Roof and won the Hedda Award for this role.^[5]

Eurovision 2009[link]

Rybak won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, with a record 387 points, singing "Fairytale",^[11] a song inspired by Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written by Rybak^[12] and was performed together with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song received good reviews with a score of 6 out of 6 in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet,^[5] and, in an ESCtoday poll, he scored 71.3%, making him the favourite to get into the final.^[13]

In the Norwegian national heats, Rybak achieved a clean sweep, gaining the top score from all nine voting districts and ending with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, while the runner up, Tone Damli Aaberge, received a combined score of 121,856 (out of a total population of less then 5 million)^[14]

The song competed in the second semi-final and won a place in the Eurovision final.

Rybak later won the Eurovision final with a landslide victory, receiving votes from all the participating countries (except Norway, which was not allowed to vote for itself). Rybak finished with a total of 387 points, breaking the previous record of 292 points scored by Lordi in 2006 and scoring 169 points more than the runner-up, Iceland.

After Eurovision, film and the first album[link]

Rybak and a dancer from Frikar, at a concert in Norway, September 2009

Rybak's first album, Fairytales, was released after his Eurovision win. Rybak also co-stars as Levi in the film Yohan directed by Grete Salomonsen, which was released in March 2010.^[15] Rybak also went on a tour in Norway with former Norwegian Eurovision winner Elisabeth Andreassen, something that had been decided before his Eurovision win and participation. He and Frikar also toured Norway and Europe in 2009. In a December 2009 performance of his hit "Fairytale" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, held at the Oslo Spektrum, Rybak shared the stage with nine other acts.^[16] Too EMI Norway has just released a film entitled Fairytale, the movie, directed by acclaimed Norwegian director, Rune Langlo, documenting the journey of Alexander Rybak since claiming the top prize for Norway in Moscow.^[17]

In 2009, he recorded the theme song, called "I Don't Believe in Miracles / Superhero", for the Russian action movie Black Lightning produced by Timur Bekmambetov.^[18]-

[edit] 2010–present: 2nd album and Let's dance Sweden

On 30 January 2010, Rybak performed one of his new singles, "Europe Skies", in national final, Euroviisut 2010, to select the 2010 Finnish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. On 12 March 2010, Alexander Rybak performed his Eurovision 2009 winning song "Fairytale" on UK TV show Eurovision: Your Country Needs You. In April 2010, Rybak released a new song, featuring Opptur, called "Fela Igjen".^[19] Alexander released his second album on 14 June 2010, called No Boundaries. It was not as successuful as his first album, so far it has peaked at number 7 in Norway, number 8 in Sweden and 32 in Finland. On 7 January 2011, Rybak was one of twelve contestant on the next Swedish season of the dancing show Let's dance (Swedish version of television franchise Strictly come dancing), in the show Rybak danced to win the competition against other Swedish celebrities.^[20] Rybak made it to the Top 4 before being voted off on 11 March, having received the lowest scores from both juries and the voting public.^[21] In 2011 he released the album "Visa vid vindens ängar, a collaboration with Mats Paulson whom he describes as "a legend and a great friend" In 2012 he will release a new music video for his russian song "Strela Amura". http://www.facebookies.org/2011/01/05/9607/ The 30th of may he released a song together with Paula Seling called "I'll show you"

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

Other songs[link]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

• Hyllet i hjembygda (Norwegian), Østlands-Posten, 18 May 2009, about the official Alexander Rybak Fanclub on Facebook
• Du kan bli med Alex til Moskva (Norwegian), Akershus Amtstidende, 15 April 2009, about the official Alexander Rybak Fanclub on Facebook

External links[link]

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• Official homepage
• Official Facebook Page
• Official International Fansite of Alexander Rybak
• Fan web-site of Alexander Rybak
• Alexander Rybak PR in Republic of Ireland

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dima Bilan with "Believe"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009	Succeeded by Lena with "Satellite"
Preceded by Maria Haukaas Storeng with "Hold On Be Strong"	Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009	Succeeded by Didrik Solli-Tangen with "My Heart Is Yours"

Adil Khan عادل خان
A photo shoot with Morten Bendiksen (2006)
Born	Adil Thathaal (1983-02-03) 3 February 1983 (age 29) Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Website
http://www.adil.no/

Adil Khan (Urdu: عادل خان, pronounced [ˈaË�d̪ɪl ˈxaË�n]; born on 3 February 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian dancer and actor of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Adil came to the limelight when he won Dansefeber,^[1] (the Norwegian version of "So You Think You Can Dance") hosted by TVNorge in 2006.

Biography[link]

Birth and ancestry[link]

Adil Khan was born Adil Thathaal in Oslo, Norway. In his early childhood, he lived at Munkelia. Later, his family moved to Grønland and then to an area close to Ullevål Stadion. Adil's father is from the Punjab province of Pakistan and belongs to Thothal-Rajput caste. Adil's mother is a Pashtun who has her roots in Afghanistan and belongs to the Durrani tribe, which is scattered through Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. Adil is the younger brother of singer, composer, film maker and human rights activist Deeyah. ^[2]

Music and dance[link]

Adil belongs to an art loving family. From Adil's childhood, his father has been an initiator of cultural activities in Norway, particularly being at the forefront of introducing workshops for Pakistani Classical Music, as well as being a participating figure in literary and art circles. Adil's father is responsible for arranging music concerts and introducing Norwegian audiences to the music and creative traditions of Pakistan. Because of his father's activities in music and the arts, Adil started learning music from a very early age like his sister Deeyah.

Though Adil quit music after a few years, his early music education prepared him for his acting and performing career in musical theatre in his later life.

In 2009 Adil was invited to sing Michael Jackson's "Man In The Mirror" for Auma Obama, the sister of President Barack Obama. The programme was arranged by NRK1 in connection with fund raising campaign for Africa.^[3]

In 1997, Adil experienced a newfound interest for breakdancing which he formed into his art form. In 1999, together with his friends, he founded the dance group "Floor Knights". He put his soul into breakdance, and soon after distinguished himself among the other B-boys. Adil has also lived in Copenhagen where he was a member of the elite breakdance group "Natural Effects". Adil has won several dance competitions in Norway and abroad, like "B-boy Rumble 1999" (Norwegian championship), "Scandinavian Battle Of The Year 2001" (Scandinavian championship), and "Time 2 Battle" in Malmø (Scandinavian Championship). But his real breakthrough came in 2006 when he won the Norwegian national dance competition Dansefeber. This victory gave him a national celebrity status. Adil wanted to further improve his dancing skills, therefore, right after winning season 1 of Dansefeber, he left for Los Angeles, where he became a member of Quest Crew (winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew).^[4]

Actor[link]

After winning Dansefeber, Adil started receiving offers from national Norwegian theaters for acting jobs. His acting debut came in 2006 at Oslo Nye Teater as Bernardo in West Side Story. Soon after, Adil left for Los Angeles. But the acting offers kept on coming which brought him back to Norway in 2007. The first play, after his arrival was The Nutcracker which followed by several other productions. Adil received critical acclaim for his performance in The Jungle Book as Mowgli, which got him the nomination for Hedda Award in the best male role category. Adil is the youngest actor in Norway to ever be nominated for this prestigious theatre award.^[5]

Norske Talenter[link]

Adil Khan is to serve as a judge on Norske Talenter (series 4) from 2011.^[6] Norske Talenter (Norwegian Talents) is a Norwegian version of Got Talent series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the specified prize. The programme is being presented by TV 2 since 2008.

Honours and awards[link]

• On 31 May 2006, Adil was awarded by Norwegian Cancer Society for his work among the youth.^[7] This award landed Adil in the company of national icons such as Gerd-Liv Valla, Dagfinn HøybrÃ¥ten and Gro Harlem Brundtland.^[8]

• In 2006-2007, Adil Khan became the first goodwill ambassador for FRI (an anti smoking and anti drugs campaign initiated by Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs).^[9]

• In 2008, Adil received Oslo City art award at Oslo City Hall by Oslo Municipality for his contributions in Oslo's artistic life.^[10]
• In 2010, he was assigned as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF Norway.

Acting career[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Adil Khan at the Internet Movie Database

Rolv Helge Wesenlund
Rolv Wesenlund in 1967
Born	(1936-09-17) 17 September 1936 (age 75) Horten, Norway

Rolv Helge Wesenlund (born 17 September 1936) is a Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, writer, and actor.

Wesenlund is most famous for having portrayed the title character in the movies Bør Børson, Bør Børson II, and the TV series Fleksnes Fataliteter. Fleksnes is by far the most popular Scandinavian sitcom in history, with a huge number of fans in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. The show was mainly an adaption of the British series Hancock's Half Hour.

Wesenlund had his stage debut in 1964; his movie debut in 1966; and his TV debut in 1968, with the TV series Og takk for det. On this show and several others, he worked with Gunnar Haugan and Harald Heide-Steen Jr. For several years, he hosted the talk show Wesenstund.

Wesenlund has also written several books, directed theatrical plays, and been active in several movements to promote senior citizens' causes. Wesenlund was appointed a Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (the highest order in Norway)—and is beloved in Denmark and Sweden as well as in his home country.

Bibliography[link]

• 2001 Spis i det gamle Roma: Trastevere (with Per Pallesen and Claus Seidel (illustrations)
• 2000 Dett var dett! : Om og med Rolv Wesenlund (biography cowritten with Øyvind Thorsen)
• 1985 Du verden: fortellinger bakvaskelser stiler og skrivelser 1983–1985
• 1982 Livet er ikke bare en lek, det er ogsÃ¥ en dans pÃ¥ roser

Filmography[link]

• 2002 Fleksnes 1 - Jubileumsutgave (Fleksnes Fataliteter), «Marve Fleksnes»
• 1997 Og takk for det - Wesensteen
• 1994 Fredrikssons fabrikk - The Movie, «Nilsen»
• 1992 Ute av drift, «Reidar Willien»
• 1990 Camping
• 1985 Deilig er fjorden, «Terje Svahberg»
• 1982, 1976, 1974, 1972 Fleksnes Fataliteter
• 1982 Henrys bakværelse, «Kunde 1»
• 1982 Olsenbandens aller siste kupp, «Inspektøren»
• 1981 Den grønne heisen, «Fredrik Borkmann»
• 1981 Göta Kanal - eller hvem dro ut proppen? (orig. Göta Kanal - eller vem drog ur proppen?), «Nordmannen Ole»
• 1981 Seks barn pÃ¥ flukt (orig. Barna frÃ¥n BlÃ¥sjöfjället), «Norsk sjÃ¥før»
• 1978 Firmaskogturen (orig. Firmaskovturen)
• 1978 Picassos eventyr (orig. Picassos äventyr...tusen kärleksfulla lögner)
• 1976 Bør Børson II, «Bør Børson»
• 1974 Bør Børson jr., «Bør Børson jr.»
• 1974 Den siste Fleksnes, «Marve Fleksnes»
• 1974 Ungen «Gjendøperen»
• 1972 Kjære Husmor
• 1972 Ture Sventon - Privatdetektiv, «Muhammed»
• 1972 SkärgÃ¥rdsflirt, «Karl-Johan in Swedish TV-play,1972 by Gideon Wahlberg»
• 1972 Norske byggeklosser, multiple roles
• 1970 Douglas, «Douglas»
• 1969 Tipp topp - Husmorfilmen høsten 1969
• 1968 Mannen som ikke kunne le
• 1967 Jungelboka (orig. The Jungle Book)
• 1967 Liv
• 1966 How I Became an Art Collector Without Really Trying
• 1966 Hurra for Andersens!, «Hermansen»

External links[link]

• Rolv Wesenlund at the Internet Movie Database
• Livet er godt — og det mÃ¥ vi si fra om! — interview in the Norwegian magazine «Vi over 60»
• Biography about his role as H.C. Andersen—ambassador

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