Finn Bjelke (born 10 April 1959) is a popular Norwegian humourist, writer, music journalist and radio host. Finn Bjelke is known as program host at 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 ...

for their radio shows '' Reiseradioen'', '' Popquiz'', and ''

Herreavdelingen This is a list of some programs that have been or are being broadcast by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) ( no, Norsk rikskringkasting) on the NRK1, NRK2, NRK3 or NRK Super NRK Super is a Norwegian TV & radio channel aimed at children, ...

''. At ''Herreavdelingen'' he works equally together with

Yan Friis Yan Calmeyer Friis (born 13 August 1952) is a Norwegian comedian, writer, music journalist and radio host. Friis started his writing career at the Norwegian Labour daily newspaper ''Arbeiderbladet''. After that he worked years at the youth maga ...

. From 1985 to 1990, Bjelke was a writer in the Norwegian youth magazine ''

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''. Bjelke has also written for the Norwegian music magazines ''

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'' and ''

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''. From 1993 to 1995 Bjelke was producer for radio shows like ''IRMA 1000'' at

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. Finn Bjelke has also written several books, among them the bestseller "Pappa For Første Gang" (a guide to first time fathers) and "Gutta På Kur" with Kim Bjørnqvist (a guide to lose weight for couch potatoes). Finn Bjelke also co-wrote the script for the feature film "Showbiz" (1988) and was a regular panelist on the popular radio- and TV-show "20 Spørsmål" ("20 Questions"). Finn_Bjelke_(cropped)

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