Are Kalvø is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 writer and satirist.

He was born in Stranda

Stranda

Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda....

. His debut work as writer was Absolutt Oslo, released in 1994. Later satirical books were Kunsten å vere neger (1996), Men fjernkontrollen min får du aldri (1997), Harry (1999), Bibelen 2 (2002, with Steffen Kverneland), Syden (2002) and Våre venner kinesarane (2007). His first work as a fiction writer was Nød, released in 2004. He writes in nynorsk

Nynorsk

Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...

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He wrote the revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

s 1000 år og like blid (1998, with Ragnar Hovland

Ragnar Hovland

Ragnar Hovland is a Norwegian novelist, essayist, lyricist, and writer of children's books.He was awarded the Brage Prize in 1992 for the children's book Ein motorsykkel i natta...

), and Det folk vil ha (2005). Both premiered at Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 1913, touring with two plays, Ervingen by Ivar Aasen and Rationelt Fjøsstell by Hulda Garborg...

. He was also one of the main participants in the satiric radio program Hallo i uken in NRK P2

NRK P2

NRK P2 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established as NRK's second radio channel in 1984, and focuses on culture and current affairs – news, debate, analysis, science, society.In 1999 its employees were...

 until the summer of 2009, together with Espen Beranek Holm

Espen Beranek Holm

Espen Beranek Holm is a Norwegian pop artist and comedian.Beranek has been a member of the bands Dei Nye Kappelanane, Langsomt Mot Nord, Oslo Plektrum, Spastisk Ekstase Gitar and Ung Pike Forsvunnet, and has also recorded as a solo artist under the name Beranek...

 and Else Michelet

Else Michelet

Else Michelet is a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet and housewife Synnøve Kulseng . The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree...

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External links

• Are Kalvøs homepage (Norwegian)