Leif Erik Forberg (born September 29, 1950) is a Norwegian television presenter with a long career in both TV and radio. Forberg has served as a presenter for

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TVNorge TVNorge (literally "TVNorway"; originally abbreviated TVN, now just abbreviated N in the logos) is a Norwegian television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. History TVNorge went on the air on 5 December 1988 and was the first adver ...

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, P4, and Kanal24. In the 1990s he was known as the presenter for the program ''

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'' on TVNorge and '' Komplottet'' on TV3. Forberg was born in

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. He was active in Harstad's amateur theater in 1976, when he started working for NRK Troms. He became a permanent employee in 1978, and some time later he was associated with P2, where he helped create the news program ''

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''. He worked with P2 from its first test broadcast in 1980 onward. Forberg also served as a television presenter for NRK, including for the children's program '' Flimra''. In 1993 he moved to TVNorge to take over as presenter for the program ''Casino'', and in 1996 he moved to TV3, where he served as presenter for the entertainment program ''Komplottet''. He started working as a presenter at P4 in 1999, and then moved to Kanal24 in 2005. Forberg received Prix Radio's annual honorary award in 2012 for his long career in Norwegian radio, where he worked on all of the national channels from the start of NRK P2, from morning host on P4 to his current presenter's job at Radio Norge.

Other

In 1974 he had a bit part in the Norwegian war film ''

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'' (Under a Stone Sky).

TV programs

* ''

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'' (NRK, 1990) *

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(NRK, commentator, 1993) * ''

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