Lars Lennart Heiberg Mjøen (born 13 November 1945) is a

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comedian, actor, singer, screenwriter, director, editor and author. He is best known as a member of the comedy trio KLM, alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Knut Lystad.

Career

Mjøen and Lystad began their entertainment careers with the

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radio show “Bedre sent enn alvor” ''(Better late than seriously)'' in 1975, a program heavily inspired by Monty Python. In 1976, they moved on to television where they joined Kirkvaag who was already a well-known comedian in Norway for the satirical news program ''Nynytt''. KLM shows later included “Klin Kokos” (''Sticky Coconuts'', 1981), “MRK Fjærsynet” (''MRK TeeVee'', 1983), “I spøkelyset” (''In the Joke Light'', 1984), “Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn” (''Skai ^Ⓡ TV ''Not to be confused with the Greek Skai TV (ΣΚΑΪ Τηλεόραση) channel, set up five years later…'' — An Imitated Television (Channel)'', 1988), “KLMs Nachspiel” (''KLM's After Play'', 1992) and “KLMs Vorspiel” (''KLM's Prelude'', 1995). With the exception of the Monty Python-esque “Klin Kokos”, all these shows mainly spoofed Norwegian television and current events. Typically, Lystad and Kirkvaag played the comedic roles, while Mjøen was more often cast as a host or a

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. In 1985, KLM made their first and only

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, “Noe helt annet” ''(Something completely different)'', scoffing Buffalo Bull (Trond Kirkvaag already derided this public figure in 1973 in the “Buffalo Bløffs internasjonale vegg-til-vegg-show”, ''The Buffalo Bluff Wall-to-Wall International Tour'', together with Jon Skolmen, and Kirkvaag as ‘Buffalo Bløff’), a young man who must come to terms about being a

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. He recorded the LP “Singing in the Brain” with Lystad, and wrote the first and fourth series of “Brødrene Dal” into bookforms. Unlike Lystad and Kirkvaag, who have appeared separately on many other television programs, Mjøen has rarely appeared on television outside the KLM shows.

Family

Mjøen was born on 13 November 1945, and is the son of actors

Jon Lennart Mjøen Jon Lennart Mjøen (22 October 1912 – 3 January 1997) was a Norwegian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in twelve films between 1936 and 1968. His film ''Stevnemøte med glemte år'' was entered into the 7th Berlin Interna ...

and

Else Heiberg Else Cathrine Heiberg (November 5, 1910 – November 25, 1972) was a Norwegian actress. Heiberg started her professional career as a pianist and dance teacher, and she made her stage debut at Bergen's National Theater in 1934 in the role of a y ...

. He is the cousin of author

Gerd Brantenberg Gerd Mjøen Brantenberg (born October 27, 1941) is a Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer. Biography Brantenberg was born in Oslo, but grew up in Fredrikstad. She studied English, History, and Sociology in London, Edinburgh, and Oslo. ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mjoen, Lars 1945 births Norwegian male comedians Norwegian male television actors Living people Leonard Statuette winners

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