Hallvard Flatland (born 10 February 1957 in Flatdal,

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), is a Norwegian television presenter.Hallvard Flatland
in

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He is best known as a host on Norway's first commercial station,

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, but has also worked for the

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, TV 2 and TV3. After his studies, Flatland began at the newspaper ''Trav og Galopp-Nytt'' in 1979. He worked as a journalist in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1981 to 1986 and in TVNorge from 1988 to 1994. He created Norway's most popular gameshow, ''

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'', and presented it on TVNorge from 1989 to 1993 and on TV3 from 2003 to 2004. Flatland signed a contract at TVNorge in 1993 worth millions. He had great success as a presenter of the broadcasts from the

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. Flatland returned to TVNorge in September 2008 as presenter of the gameshow ''

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''. He also commentates on golf for Viasat. He is married and has two children, including Katarina Flatland, presenter of ''Waschera'' on TV 2.

Appearances

* ''Sportsquiz'' - TVNorge (1991) * ''

'' - TVNorge (1989–1993), TV3 (2003–2006) * ''Vindu mot Lillehammer'' - Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (1994) * '' Fredagsbørsen'' - TV 2 (1999) * '' Ditt livs sjanse'' - Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (2000) * '' Experimentet'' - TV3 * ''

'' - TVNorge (2008)

References

1957 births Living people People from Seljord TVNorge people TV 2 (Norway) people TV3 (Norway) people NRK people Norwegian television presenters Norwegian journalists {{Norway-tv-bio-stub