Are Kalvø (born 31 December 1969) is a

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writer and satirist. He was born in

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. His debut work as writer was ''Absolutt Oslo'', released in 1994. Later satirical books were ''Kunsten å vere neger'' (1996), ''Men fjernkontrollen min får du aldri'' (1997), ''Harry'' (1999), ''Bibelen 2'' (2002, with Steffen Kverneland), ''Syden'' (2002) and ''Våre venner kinesarane'' (2007). His first work as a fiction writer was ''Nød'', released in 2004. He writes in

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. He wrote the

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s ''1000 år og like blid'' (1998, with

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), and ''Det folk vil ha'' (2005). Both premiered at

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabl� ...

. He was also one of the main participants in the satiric radio program '' Hallo i uken'' in

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until the summer of 2009, together with

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and Else Michelet.

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External links

Are Kalvøs homepage
(Norwegian) 1969 births Living people Norwegian radio personalities NRK people Norwegian writers Nynorsk-language writers Norwegian satirists Norwegian humorists Norwegian stand-up comedians People from Møre og Romsdal People from Stranda {{comedian-stub