Janne Rønningen (born 25 June 1969) is a Norwegian

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and presenter. Janne Rønningen mainly grew up in

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, Vestfold. Her father was a military officer, and the family also lived three years at Andøya while her father was stationed there. After he received a calling to become a Methodist missionary, the family briefly lived as missionaries in

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. She attended Forsøksgymnaset in Oslo. In 1991 Rønningen began to work at a local radio station,

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in Oslo. Moving to NRK Radio, she worked on '' Herreavdelingen'' and '' XL'', on the youth channel P3. She then moved on to another radio show ''Holger Nielsens metode'' and became a presenter of the youth programme '' Smørøyet'' on NRK1. In 2001, Rønningen ran a show for thirteen weeks called ''

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'', together with . In the same year as ''

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'' debuted in Norway, ''Helt privat'' was built on footage from web cameras in the apartment where Rønningen and Skogheim lived. She was also a touring stand up comic. In March 2004 she was hired by Kanal 24 to present the late night show ''Rom 24'', produced in room 24 at Savoy Hotel. She later produced radio shows with . In the summer of 2004 she recorded ''Robinson VIP'', a Nordic celebrity version of '' Expedition Robinson'', to be aired in 2005. She voiced the character Lise in the 2006 film '' Free Jimmy''.

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External links

Janne Rønningen's official home page
1969 births Living people People from Larvik Norwegian women comedians Norwegian stand-up comedians Norwegian women radio presenters Norwegian women television presenters {{comedian-stub