Eli Rygg 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...

 television personality and children's writer.

She grew up in Veblungsnes

Veblungsnes

Veblungsnes is a village located along the Romsdalsfjord just across the Rauma River from the town of Åndalsnes in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The highway runs through the village on its way from Åndalsnes southwest to Innfjorden. Veblungsnes is home to the...

 and moved to Levanger

Levanger

Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...

 at the age of 12. She attended folk high school

Folk high school

Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...

 in Skogn

Skogn

Skogn is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Levanger. It is home to the Fiborgtangen industrial area.The village of Skogn is located about southwest of the town of Levanger...

 and Inderøy

Inderøy

Inderøy is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Røra, Sakshaug, Sandvollan, Småland, Utøy, and Vangshylla.The...

. She had a daughter as a teenager (in 1973), and studied domestic science and childcare in Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

, and thereafter found work in Stjørdal

Stjørdal

is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen...

. In 1985 she moved to Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as she was drafted by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation to star in the children's television show Portveien 2. In 1987 she was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.

She later hosted Teodors julekalender and Frokost-TV on NRK1

NRK1

NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel. Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started in 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel...

, Barn ingen hindring on NRK2

NRK2

NRK2 is one of the TV channels of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was launched in 1996. It has traditionally concentrated on more on cultural and in-depth programmes than its mother channel NRK1 and has also shown drama series, comedies, and news. When not broadcasting regular...

 and the radio show Revehiet on P4 Radio Hele Norge

P4 Radio Hele Norge

P4 Radio Hele Norge AS Norway's leading national, private radio station with 24% national market share, about one million daily listeners and two million weekly....

. She has written several children's books, and has read fairytales for a live audience, among others with backing by Concerts Norway

Concerts Norway

Concerts Norway was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway , with the main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway should do living music of high artistic quality accessible to all people in the country." The organization had its opening concert in Hammerfest...

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She resides in Son

Son, Norway

Son is an old town, and a former municipality. It is located in Vestby municipality in Akershus.- Overview :Son is located at the Oslofjord, 50 kilometres south of the Norwegian capital Oslo, just north of Moss and near the border of Østfold, and is located west of the village of Hølen. Before the...

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