Harald Johnstein Rønneberg (born 11 August 1973) is a

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television personality. He was born in

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, and is an economist by education. He worked in the

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in the early 2000s before switching to TV 2 in 2002. Together with

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he hosted the first season of ''

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'' in 2003, and then the Friday night show '' Senkveld''. The duo has also hosted the ''

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'' award show. For his work in ''Senkveld'', Rønneberg received

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awards in 2004 and 2006. In both 2006 and 2007 Rønneberg and Numme were awarded the ''

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'' readers' TV personality of the year award. In 2018, the both of them won the "Honorary Prize" at

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1973 births Living people Norwegian television presenters NRK people TV 2 (Norway) people People from Halden {{Norway-tv-bio-stub