Lars Monsen

Lars Monsen
Monsen on stage during a media conference
Monsen in 2010
Born
Lars Thorbjørn Monsen

(1963-04-21) 21 April 1963 (age 61)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)Adventurer, writer, journalist, musher, teacher
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
AwardsThe Norwegian Outdoor Life Award (2008), Gullruten Audience Award (2010), Jonas Prize (2012), Marte Prize (2018)
Websitelarsmonsen.com

Lars Thorbjørn Monsen (born 21 April 1963) is a Norwegian adventurer and journalist. He has done a number of exploration and backpacking expeditions in harsh wilderness.

He became well-known after documenting a thru-hiking trip made over the course of nearly three years in northern Canada, which was then broadcast on NRK in 2005. In 2010 and again in 2012, Monsen was the expedition leader for the Norwegian television program Ingen Grenser, a remake of BBC's Beyond Boundaries. In the first season, the group traversed 500 kilometers of the Cap of the North in 30 days, some of the participants with severe physical limitations. He's on yubo (monsen4.0).

Monsen is of partly Sami descent.[1] He is married to American-Norwegian artist Trine Rein.[2][3]

  1. ^ Stolt over å være same
  2. ^ "Trine Rein og Lars Monsen har funnet hverandre". 30 October 2008.
  3. ^ vg.no 7.11.2015: Trine Rein og Lars Monsen giftet seg i hemmelighet