Leif Rustad (30 October 1903 – 17 June 1976) was a Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer. He was born in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

. He was responsible for the music department in the early days of 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 ...

(NRK). From 1930 he was responsible for the development of NRK's record archive. He also served as a program presenter, and hosted several radio shows, including ''Rundtomkring'', ''Store Studio'' and ''Hobbyklubben''.

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1903 births 1976 deaths People from Kristiansand Norwegian musicians NRK people Eurovision commentators {{norway-musician-stub