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 for 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
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 popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...
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 had a business venture as a restaurant owner, but after three years the companies went bankrupt.
Career
Writing
He started as a journalist in 1969,
as a sports journalist in ''
Adresseavisen
''Adresseavisen'' (; commonly known as ''Adressa'') is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. The paper has been in circulation since 1767 and is one of the oldest newspapers after Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler ...
''. He also worked three years in ''
Vesterålen
Vesterålen is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of Lofoten and west of Harstad. It is the northernmost part of Nordland county. Sortland is the largest town, situated near the center of the archipel ...
''.
He became known as a writer of humorous texts in the newspaper ''
Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
''. 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'', 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 ...
'') into Norwegian, in ''Tidenes tabber'' (1989) and ''Flere tabber '' (1990). He cooperated with
Klaus Hagerup
Klaus Hagerup (5 March 1946 – 20 December 2018) was a Norwegian author, translator, screenwriter, actor and director. He was also known for his role of Tom in the film '' The Chieftain'' (1984).
Career
The youngest of two brothers, he debuted w ...
, 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 subgenre 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 (28 December 1950) is a Norwegian comedian and actor.Øivind Blunck
in persona
A persona (plural personae or personas), depending on the context, is the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional Character (arts), character. The word derives from Latin, where it originally ref ...
"Fridtjof" and a non-fiction book about the Operation Archery
Operation Archery, also known as the Måløy Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941.
British Commandos of No. 3 Commando, two troops of ...
.[
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
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 popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...
s, commercials and has been a stage entertainer.
Television
In television, he has been a mainstay in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
. 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 Hummelvoll
Hilde Hummelvoll (born 9 October 1960) 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 ...
, 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 (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It dete ...
in 1994
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, 1996
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and 1997
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, 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
''Se og Hør'' (; "See and Hear") is a TV guide and celebrity journalism magazine published in three independent versions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden (where it is called ''Se & Hör'' ) by the Danish company Aller Media. The Danish version is ...
'' readers' TV personality of the year award, together with his co-host, the child Martin Sørensen.
Business
Tande-Petersen also had a foray into restaurant ownership. Together with two friends, he started the company ''Tande-P Drift'' in 2000 and opened restaurants in Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
, Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in 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. The village of Vinne lies ...
, Lillestrøm
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, Kragerø
Kragerø () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. ...
and Oslo
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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 in September the same year, 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 Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
at the age of twelve,[ and resides in Vormsund. He also spends some of his time writing at a cabin in ]Fjällbacka
Fjällbacka is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 859 inhabitants in 2010.
Fjällbacka is mostly known as a summer tourist resort, with a long history, and as the setting for man ...
, Sweden. He is married and has three children, and is also an uncle of skier Petter Tande
Petter Laukslett Tande (born 11 June 1985 in Oslo) is a Norwegian former nordic combined skier who has been competing between 2002 and 2011, representing Byåsen IL. He has three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski ...
. 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 people's private sphere through the television screen or other media.[ Tande-Petersen had experienced intense media pressure after his involvement in the bankruptcy.][
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Selected works
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References
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1950 births
Living people
Norwegian radio personalities
Norwegian television presenters
Norwegian game show hosts
NRK people
Norwegian journalists
20th-century Norwegian novelists
21st-century Norwegian novelists
Norwegian crime writers
Norwegian humorists
Norwegian company founders
People from Sør-Trøndelag
People from Frøya, Trøndelag