Andreas Diesen

Andreas Diesen
Andreas Diesen, 2019
Born (1945-11-20) 20 November 1945 (age 78)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationJournalist
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Andreas Diesen (born 20 November[1] 1945) is a Norwegian television presenter and revue historian.

In 2005 he was awarded the Leonard Statuette from the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association.[2] Having been assigned with NRK since 1965, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 2012, for his contributions to entertainment in Norway.[3][4]

Diesen was born in Oslo, a son of actors Ernst Diesen and Kari Diesen,[5][6] and is a grandson of Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen,[7] Harald Steen and Signe Heide Steen.

  1. ^ "Dagen i dag mandag 20. november 2000" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 November 2000.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik, ed. (18 December 2019). "Leonardstatuetten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "29.02.2012 Diesen, Andreas". kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ Vold, Henrik Brattli (29 February 2012). "Kongen hedret sengeliggende NRK-profil". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ernst Diesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kari Diesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ Bolstad, Erik, ed. (13 July 2020). "Diesen (slekt fra Odalen)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 April 2021.