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Are Kalvø (born 31 December 1969) is a Norwegian writer and satirist. He was born in
Stranda Municipality Stranda is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda, ...
. His debut work as writer was ''Absolutt Oslo'', released in 1994. Later satirical books were ''Kunsten å vere neger'' (1996), ''Men fjernkontrollen min får du aldri'' (1997), ''Harry'' (1999), ''Bibelen 2'' (2002, with
Steffen Kverneland Steffen Kverneland (born 14 January 1963) is a Norwegian illustrator and comics writer. He was born in Haugesund, and settled in Oslo from 1987. He has specialized on creating comics series based on classical literature. Among his early albums a ...
), ''Syden'' (2002) and ''Våre venner kinesarane'' (2007). His first work as a fiction writer was ''Nød'', released in 2004. He writes in
Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...
. He wrote the
revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...
s ''1000 år og like blid'' (1998, with Ragnar Hovland), and ''Det folk vil ha'' (2005). Both premiered at
Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...
. He was also one of the main participants in the satiric radio program ''
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'' in
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until the summer of 2009, together with
Espen Beranek Holm Espen Beranek Holm (born 23 March 1960) is a Norwegians, Norwegian pop artist and comedian. Career Beranek is a Norwegian solo artist. His debut single ''Dra te' hælvete'' (1981), which was a great success, caused controversy when the song was ...
and Else Michelet.


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(Norwegian) 1969 births Living people Norwegian radio personalities NRK people Norwegian writers Nynorsk-language writers Norwegian satirists Norwegian stand-up comedians People from Møre og Romsdal People from Stranda {{comedian-stub