Petter Nome (born 18 July 1954) is a

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television personality, journalist and organizational worker. He was born in

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, but grew up at Kampen and Ila. He did his secondary education at

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

, worked odd jobs at land and sea and studied

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at the

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. In 1978 he was hired as a journalist in ''

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''. He later co-founded the local radio station Radio Oslo. He started working for the

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in 1984. He was a news anchor in ''

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'', and later presented a number of weekend entertainment shows: ''Zikk Zakk'', ''Zting'', ''Nomes Ark'', ''Rondo'', ''Åpent Hus'', ''Sommeråpent'', ''På'n igjen'' (with

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), ''No'me Nome'', ''Gringos'' and ''XYZ''. He hosted '' TV-aksjonen'' in 1990, the

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in 1995, '' Momarkedet'' in 1999, the millennium countdown show in 2000, as well as three Amanda award shows. In 1993 he was awarded the ''

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'' readers' TV personality of the year award. He has served on several boards, including

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, Oslo Domkor, Solo-fondet and the

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. In 2002 and 2003 he was an outspoken opponent of the

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. In early January 2003 he created the campaign "Hello America!", in which he and other signatories asked people to send e-mails to "American News Medias" and the US presidential and vice presidential offices, where they lamented the prospect of an Iraq War. This led to conflicting views with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and he was "relieved" of the host job of 2003's edition of ''Sommeråpent'', and quit his job at NRK not long thereafter. He was hired as director of communications in the

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. He was re-hired to work with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

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show '' Frokost-TV'' from 2006. The show was cancelled in 2008. In 2009 he was hired as managing director of the Norwegian Brewers and Soft Drinks Producers. In January 2009 he married television colleague

. They reside in Ånnerud in

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