Petter Wilhelm Blichfeldt Schjerven (born 20 October 1967) is a Norwegian television host, known from ''

Typisk norsk ''Typisk norsk'' (''Typical Norwegian'') is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions (seasons 1 and 2) and Rubicon TV (season 3) for NRK. Three seasons of the program were produced (2004, 2005 ...

'' which aired on NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Schjerven has previously worked as the host and scriptwriter for the children's program ' and as the producer of the radio program ' on NRK P3, among others. After ''Typisk norsk'' he hosted the shows ''Eva og Adam'' and ''Tingenes tilstand'' on NRK and on

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 ...

. Schjerven was awarded

Gullruten Gullruten ("Golden Screen") is an annual award for the Norwegian TV industry, founded in 1998 by ''Norske Film- og TV-produsenters forening''. The awarding committee has representatives from the major national TV companies, NRK, TV 2, TV3 and TV ...

, a Norwegian television award, for best male television host in 2005. Schjerven began his entertainment career at , a school revue. He has a

cand.mag. Candidatus magisterii (male), or candidata magisterii (female), abbreviated as cand.mag., is an academic degree currently awarded in Denmark. The degree is officially translated into English as Master of Arts and currently requires 5 years of studi ...

degree and has studied psychology, Norwegian,

media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

, and philosophy. He is the older brother of actor Erik A. Schjerven.

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1967 births Living people Norwegian television presenters NRK people University of Oslo alumni {{Norway-tv-bio-stub