Johan Golden is a Norwegian comedian, musician, politician and radio and television presenter. He became known through the radio programme XL, and later through the television programme En L.U.N. Aften med Golden og Antonsen on the now defunct channel Metropol

Metropol TV

Metropol TV was a local TV channel for Oslo, Norway but could be seen in the rest of the country through cable TV. The channel was started in 1999 and ceased broadcasting in February 2002 due to financial difficulties . Metropol TV cast shows like "En lun aften", promoting comedians Atle Antonsen...

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Golden stood on Det Politiske Parti's list in 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...

 during the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001

Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001

A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on September 10, 2001. The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party...

, and his personal slogan was "Your slave in parliament". He is also part of the band DDR.

Golden's father is from the Caribbean with ancestors from Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, and often describes himself as a negro

Negro

The word Negro is used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance, whether of African descent or not...

. He has taken part in debates about the use of this word, and he defends the use of the term "negro".

In winter 2006 he presented the programme Golden Goal

Golden Goal (TV series)

Golden Goal is a comedy talkshow about sports, hosted by Johan Golden and Henrik Elvestad on Norwegian TV2. Golden Goal is a show for all those who love sports, and for all those who haven't yet realised that they do....

 on TV2 together with Henrik Elvestad. He worked for a while on the Kanal 24

Kanal 24

Radio Norge is a Norwegian radio station with headquarters in Fredrikstad. It is subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. Radio Norge replaced Kanal 24 at noon on April 21, 2008, with a new profile decided by their listeners...

 programme Kommisjonen where he was the presenter together with Atle Antonsen

Atle Antonsen

Atle Antonsen is a Norwegian comedian. He has participated in and contributed to several television and radio shows for NRK including XL and XLTV , Uti vår hage , Team Antonsen , Tre brødre som ikke er brødre , Etaten and Uti vår hage 2...

. They later migrated to P4

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....

 with Misjonen, where they resembled the same radio program, but with a new label.

External links

• Page at standup.no