Øivind Blunck (28 December 1950) is a Norwegian comedian and actor.Øivind Blunck
in Store norske leksikon He is best known for his numerous performances with the Norwegian Theatre, and for playing the eccentric, moped-driving ladies' man "''Fridtjof''", living in Enebakk. Another memorable character is ''Reidar'', a teen growing up in the late 1980s heavily fascinated by British pop culture such as Sky Channel, Pat Sharp and Samantha Fox. Blunck also originated the part of Thénardier in the Norwegian version of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's musical '' Les Misérables'' in 1988 in

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. His performance of the character's only solo in the musical - "'' Dog Eats Dog''" is featured in the ''Stage by Stage'' documentary accompanying the DVD versions of the musical. He has also reappeared several times in Olsenbanden as "''Holm''", the aide of superintendent "''Hermansen''", played by Sverre Wilberg. Blunck was married to actress Guri Schanke. They lived in Oslo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blunck, Oivind 1950 births Living people Norwegian male stage actors Leonard Statuette winners Norwegian male comedians Norwegian male singers Norwegian male musical theatre actors