Alf Tande-Petersen
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Alf Tande-Petersen, nicknamed Tande-P (born 9 October 1950) is a Norwegian
television personality, journalist, writer and businessperson. In his early career he wrote in newspapers and was a radio presenter, and he has released books in several genres, mostly humor and crime novels. He was also behind various revue
s and stage shows. As a television presenter he was very successful, peaking in 1992 with the show Tande-På programmet which at times was viewed by almost half of Norway's population. He also tried himself in the business life as a restaurant owner, but after three years the companies went bankrupt.
. He also worked three years in Vesterålen
. He became known as a writer of humorous texts in the newspaper Dagbladet
. Humorous books include Folk og demoner i Løvebakken Monarki (1981), 1984 år'reit (1984), Gjør det! (1986), Tande-P'å Tur: Tjo-fadderittan (1987). He also reworked books by Stephen Pile (author of The Book of Heroic Failures
) into Norwegian, in Tidenes tabber (1989) and Flere tabber (1990). He cooperated with Klaus Hagerup
, and they released a young adult book in 1989, a humour book in 1991 and a play in 1992. The 1992 humour book På kanten was written together with Tore Skoglund. The 1992 book Det ble en gutt was dedicated to fatherhood, and was one of the first books written about this in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek way which later became a sub-genre of sorts. He later switched to crime novels, and has issued Bedre sant enn aldri (1995), Evnukken (1996) and Fisherman's Friend (1999). In 2007 he released three books; the crime novel Fiskene, a humorous book about the Øivind Blunck
's persona
"Fridtjof" and a non-fiction book about the Operation Archery
.
Tande-Petersen has cooperated closely with Øivind Blunck. They first developed the persona Reidar in the 1980s, and later the persona Fridtjof. They have co-written several stage shows, including ... blunk Blunck and Fridtjof for fulle mugger!, as well as the televised mini-movie Fridtjofs Jul. Tande-Petersen has also written various revue
s, commercials and has been a stage entertainer.
, 1995–1997), Tande-Potpurri (1997), På'n igjen (1998), Høyt skattet (1999), Ditt livs sjanse (2000) and Hodejegerne (2002–2004). He also hosted the Melodi Grand Prix
in 1994
, 1996
and 1997
, and other annual shows like Komiprisen in 2001.
Tande-På programmet peaked at 1,86 million viewers in a country which in 1990 had 4,247,546 million inhabitants, and there were also two editions with 1.82 million viewers, one edition with 1.71, one with 1.69 and one with 1.60 million viewers. In 1995, these shows occupied the spots three, four, five, seven, eight and nine on the all-time list of viewer ratings in Norwegian television; only the 1994 FIFA World Cup match between Norway and Mexico (1.99 million viewers) and the 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
(1.99 million viewers) ranked higher than Tande-Petersen's shows at the time. Hodejegerne peaked at about 1.4 million viewers. In 1992 Tande-Petersen was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award, together with his co-host, the child Martin Sørensen.
, Verdalsøra
, Lillestrøm
, Kragerø
and Oslo
and two in Vormsund
. The company went bankrupt in January 2003. The restaurant in Trondheim was taken over by another of his companies, Skauum Drift. Lawyer Gunnar Kvamme was chairman, but he backed out already in September 2003, and Tande-Petersen had to take over. That company too went bankrupt, but because of Tande-Petersen's short time as chairman, he was not indicted.
Tande-Petersen has another, eponymously named company, into which the money from his book sales, writing and show performances goes.
at the age of twelve, and resides in Vormsund. He also spends some of his time writing at a cabin in Fjällbacka
, Sweden
. He is married and has three children, and is also an uncle of skier Petter Tande
. In 2008 Tande-Petersen called for celebrities to unveil more of their private life to the media. The logic was that a celebrity himself enters the private sphere of people through the television screen or other media. Tande-Petersen had experienced an intense media pressure after his involvement in the bankruptcy.
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, journalist, writer and businessperson. In his early career he wrote in newspapers and was a radio presenter, and he has released books in several genres, mostly humor and crime novels. He was also behind various 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 and stage shows. As a television presenter he was very successful, peaking in 1992 with the show Tande-På programmet which at times was viewed by almost half of Norway's population. He also tried himself in the business life as a restaurant owner, but after three years the companies went bankrupt.
Writing
He started as a journalist in 1969, as a sports journalist in AdresseavisenAdresseavisen
Adresseavisen is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. It is an independent, conservative newspaper with a daily circulation of approximately 85,000. It is also informally known as Adressa. The newspaper covers the areas of Trøndelag and Nordmøre.Adresseavisen...
. He also worked three years in Vesterålen
Bladet Vesterålen
Bladet Vesterålen is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Sortland, Norway. It is the predominant newspaper in Vesterålen. The newspaper was founded in 1921, and its first editor was Casper Rønning. As of 2011, the editor-in-chief is Karl-Einar Nordahl....
. He became known as a writer of humorous texts in the newspaper Dagbladet
Dagbladet
Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....
. Humorous books include Folk og demoner i Løvebakken Monarki (1981), 1984 år'reit (1984), Gjør det! (1986), Tande-P'å Tur: Tjo-fadderittan (1987). He also reworked books by Stephen Pile (author of The Book of Heroic Failures
The Book of Heroic Failures
The Book of Heroic Failures, written by Stephen Pile in 1979, is a book written in celebration of human inadequacy in all its forms. Entries include William McGonagall, a notoriously bad poet, and Teruo Nakamura, a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II until...
) into Norwegian, in Tidenes tabber (1989) and Flere tabber (1990). He cooperated with Klaus Hagerup
Klaus Hagerup
Klaus Hagerup is a Norwegian author, translator, screenwriter, actor and director.He is the youngest of three brothers. He debuted with the poem collection "Slik tenker jeg på dere" in 1969...
, and they released a young adult book in 1989, a humour book in 1991 and a play in 1992. The 1992 humour book På kanten was written together with Tore Skoglund. The 1992 book Det ble en gutt was dedicated to fatherhood, and was one of the first books written about this in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek way which later became a sub-genre of sorts. He later switched to crime novels, and has issued Bedre sant enn aldri (1995), Evnukken (1996) and Fisherman's Friend (1999). In 2007 he released three books; the crime novel Fiskene, a humorous book about the Øivind Blunck
Øivind Blunck
Øivind Blunck is a Norwegian comedian and actor.He is best known for his numerous performances with the Norwegian Theatre, and for playing the eccentric, moped-driving ladies' man "Fridtjof", living in Enebakk...
's persona
Persona
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον...
"Fridtjof" and a non-fiction book about the Operation Archery
Operation Archery
Operation Archery, also known as the Vaagso Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on Vaagso Island , Norway, on 27 December 1941....
.
Tande-Petersen has cooperated closely with Øivind Blunck. They first developed the persona Reidar in the 1980s, and later the persona Fridtjof. They have co-written several stage shows, including ... blunk Blunck and Fridtjof for fulle mugger!, as well as the televised mini-movie Fridtjofs Jul. Tande-Petersen has also written various 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, commercials and has been a stage entertainer.
Television
In television, he has been a mainstay in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He appeared in the radio program Reiseradioen in 1975, and later hosted several weekend entertainment programs: Tande-På programmet (1992), Go'fot på låven (1992), Tande-På jobb (1993), Opp med Norge! (1994), Sveip (together with Hilde HummelvollHilde Hummelvoll
Hilde Hummelvoll is a Norwegian television personality.She hails from Hamar, and has an education from the teachers' college there. She was hired in Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio in the regional department, before moving to television in 1985. Her first program was a documentary about...
, 1995–1997), Tande-Potpurri (1997), På'n igjen (1998), Høyt skattet (1999), Ditt livs sjanse (2000) and Hodejegerne (2002–2004). He also hosted the Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960.The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and...
in 1994
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Norway was represented by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen, with the song '"Duett", at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 May in Dublin. "Duett" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 26 March. This was the third of four Eurovision...
, 1996
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Norway was represented by Elisabeth Andreassen, with the song '"I evighet", at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 May at the Oslo Spektrum, following Secret Garden's victory for Norway in Dublin the previous year. "I evighet" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi...
and 1997
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Norway was represented by Tor Endresen, with the song '"San Francisco", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 May in Dublin...
, and other annual shows like Komiprisen in 2001.
Tande-På programmet peaked at 1,86 million viewers in a country which in 1990 had 4,247,546 million inhabitants, and there were also two editions with 1.82 million viewers, one edition with 1.71, one with 1.69 and one with 1.60 million viewers. In 1995, these shows occupied the spots three, four, five, seven, eight and nine on the all-time list of viewer ratings in Norwegian television; only the 1994 FIFA World Cup match between Norway and Mexico (1.99 million viewers) and the 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
The 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was held in Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer, Norway on 27 February 1994. All spectators were handed a flashlight with the inscription "Remember Sarajevo"—the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics which was at the heart of the Bosnian War. The first entrants on the...
(1.99 million viewers) ranked higher than Tande-Petersen's shows at the time. Hodejegerne peaked at about 1.4 million viewers. In 1992 Tande-Petersen was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award, together with his co-host, the child Martin Sørensen.
Business
Tande-Petersen also had a foray into restauranteering. Together with two friends, he started the company Tande-P Drift in 2000 and opened restaurants in TrondheimTrondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva...
, Lillestrøm
Lillestrøm
' is a city in the municipality of Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. The municipal administration is located in Lillestrøm.Facilities in Lillestrøm include hotels, Norway trade fairs, a brand new cinema, a mall, Lillestrøm torv, restaurants, a high speed commuter train that reaches both Oslo and...
, Kragerø
Kragerø
is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø....
and 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...
and two in Vormsund
Vormsund
Vormsund is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. Its population is 461....
. The company went bankrupt in January 2003. The restaurant in Trondheim was taken over by another of his companies, Skauum Drift. Lawyer Gunnar Kvamme was chairman, but he backed out already in September 2003, and Tande-Petersen had to take over. That company too went bankrupt, but because of Tande-Petersen's short time as chairman, he was not indicted.
Tande-Petersen has another, eponymously named company, into which the money from his book sales, writing and show performances goes.
Personal life
He grew up in Frøya, moved to TrondheimTrondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
at the age of twelve, and resides in Vormsund. He also spends some of his time writing at a cabin in Fjällbacka
Fjällbacka
Fjällbacka is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 812 inhabitants in 2005.Fjällbacka is mostly known as a touristic summer resort, with a long history....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He is married and has three children, and is also an uncle of skier Petter Tande
Petter Tande
Petter Laukslett Tande is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2002, representing Byåsen IL...
. In 2008 Tande-Petersen called for celebrities to unveil more of their private life to the media. The logic was that a celebrity himself enters the private sphere of people through the television screen or other media. Tande-Petersen had experienced an intense media pressure after his involvement in the bankruptcy.