Yngvar Numme (born 1 October 1944 in

Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is a Norwegian singer, actor, revue writer and director. He is particularly known for his central role in the show group

Dizzie Tunes Dizzie Tunes was a Norwegian musical show group from the city of Skien. Dizzie Tunes was one of the most successful in Norwegian show business. Biography The group was founded as the dance band ''Rex Band'' in 1959, was named ''Dizzie Tunes'' in ...

for about forty years, one of the most successful ensembles in Norwegian entertainment. He was awarded the

Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most important ...

in 1990, and Dizzie Tunes received the same award in 1993. He also voiced in the animated film, "Løvenes Konge" (Norwegian version of ''

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'') and voiced for The Chronicler in the Norwegian dub for '' The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon'' video game released in 2008. Numme is also father to

Thomas Numme Thomas Numme (born 28 February 1970) is a Norwegian television personality. He was born in Sandefjord, a son of Yngvar Numme, and took media education at Volda University College. He worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation on P3 radio ...

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1944 births Living people People from Porsgrunn Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male voice actors Norwegian male singers Leonard Statuette winners Norwegian male video game actors {{norway-actor-stub