Dan Børge Akerø (born 23 January 1951) is a Norwegian television personality. He took his education at the

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, graduating with a

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degree. From 1975 to 1980 he worked as a research assistant and research fellow at the

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. He specialized in

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n topics. In his younger days he also played association football for

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and

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. Before finishing his master's degree, he started his media career as a foreign affairs reporter in

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in 1979. He was then promoted to news anchor in the national news show ''

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''. In 1986, he became a talk show host, for ''SenFredag'', the first talk show on Norwegian television. He followed up with '' LørDan'', which ran from 1987 to 1990. From 1990 to 1992 he was the sub-director of culture and entertainment in the

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. In 1992, when a rivalling channel TV 2 was opened, Akerø was headhunted there. He hosted its opening show as well as other entertainment programmes. In the late nineties, he co-founded the

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company Global Money Games. The chairman of the board was former libertarian politician Pål Atle Skjervengen. The company later known as a

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, Akerø sold his shares some time before its demise in 1998. He has later established a lucrative

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, Danpower International AS. However, on one occasion he personally lost

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1,500,000 through a failed investment in the hotel business. Akerø returned to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1999, and soon hosted the show ''

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''. Between 2000 and 2005, the show had between 986,000 and 1,411,000 viewers; in comparison the whole country had about 4,500,000 inhabitants at the time. For this show, Akerø won two

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awards, in 2001 and 2003. He is also known for hosting the musical competition show ''Kjempesjansen'', as well as a new round of ''LørDan''. He also hosted the annual show Idrettsgallaen and the 2007 and 2008 editions of the charitable fundraiser show ''TV-aksjonen''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akeroe, Dan Boerge 1951 births Living people Norwegian television news anchors Norwegian television presenters Norwegian television talk show hosts NRK people TV 2 (Norway) people Norwegian footballers Skeid Fotball players Viking FK players University of Oslo alumni Association footballers not categorized by position