Jarle Høysæter (29 April 1933 – 28 February 2017) was a Norwegian journalist. He was born in Samnanger. He was hired in 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 ...

in 1957, and went on to become a known personality in the early years of television. From 1985 to 1991 he was the head of sports operations in the

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...

, and from 1991 to 1994 he was the head of broadcasting in the

Lillehammer Olympic Organising Committee The Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee or LOOC was the company responsible for organizing the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The company was founded on 15 November 1988, after Lillehammer's successful bid to host the games, an ...

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