Erik Tangevald Diesen (8 October 1922 – 13 September 1999) was a Norwegian revue writer and radio and television personality.

Personal life

He was a son of Thorstein Diesen, Jr. (1894–1962) and Ragna Marie Tangevald (1891–1945), grandnephew of Thorstein Diesen and first cousin once removed of Einar Diesen. He was married twice. His second wife Anne Torjusson was assisting director of television in the

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, and through her he was a son-in-law of Aslak Torjusson.

Career

He was associated with the

for more than fifty years, and is regarded the founder of television entertainment in Norway. He was awarded the Amanda Honorary Award in 1989, and the

Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most important ...

in 1995. In 1988 he was awarded the ''

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'' readers' TV personality of the year award.

References

1922 births 1999 deaths Writers from Oslo NRK people Leonard Statuette winners 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-writer-stub