Geir Børresen (16 November 1942 – 25 July 2022) was a Norwegian actor and entertainer.

Biography

Børresen was born in

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on 16 November 1942. He made his film debut in '' Liv'' in 1967, and made his stage debut at

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in 1968. He was a presenter on ''Lekestue'', based on BBC's ''Play School'', for

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from 1975–1981. He played the characters "Labbetuss" and "Max Mekker" in the television series '' Sesam Stasjon'' (a Norwegian spin-off of ''

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'') in the 1990s. He provided the voice of Trigger in the Norwegian dub of ''

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''. He is known for

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based on the comics series ''

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'', and his albums ''I Smurfeland'' (1978), '' Sommer i Smurfeland'' (1979) and ''Alle gode ting er Smurf'' (1979) sold a total of nearly 400,000 copies. Børresen died in

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on 25 July 2022.

References

1942 births 2022 deaths Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors NRK people Children's musicians Musicians from Oslo {{norway-actor-stub