Andreas Lunnan (16 April 1940 – 21 February 2012) was a Norwegian television presenter. He was born in

Åsen Åsen is a village in Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located between the lakes Hammervatnet and Hoklingen. The European route E06 highway and the Nordlandsbanen railway line both pass through the village. ...

, but mostly resided in

Skogn Skogn is a village in Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Trondheimsfjorden, about southwest of the town of Levanger. The European route E06 highway runs through the village, ...

. He finished his secondary education in 1959, and graduated from teachers' college in 1961. He started his journalistic career in ''

Trønder-Avisa ''Trønder-Avisa'' is a regional newspaper in Norway. It is printed in the town of Steinkjer in Nord-Trøndelag. The newspaper was founded as a union of ''Nord-Trøndelag'' (founded 1919) and '' Inntrøndelagen'' (founded 1897) after both newspapers ...

'' in 1963. He was hired in

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the larges ...

(NRK) in 1975 as local correspondent in

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also the ...

, advancing to district director in

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

in 1983. From 1989 he became known as a program presenter, in 500 editions of the radio show '' Nitimen'' as well as the radio show ''Sølvsuper'', the television programs ''5-på'', ''Da Capo'', ''Har det på tunga'', ''Rundt et flygel'' and ''Gjensynet''. He was married and had four daughters. He suffered from a heart condition, and died in February 2012.

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1940 births 2012 deaths People from Levanger Norwegian journalists Norwegian radio personalities Norwegian television presenters Norwegian game show hosts NRK people {{Norway-tv-bio-stub