Else Kåss Furuseth (born 18 July 1980) is a Norwegian comedian, actress and television host.

Personal life and education

Born in

Jessheim Jessheim is a town in the Ullensaker municipality in Akershus of Norway. History The railway station with the Jessheim station was built in 1854 as part of the Hovedbanen line from Oslo to Eidsvoll. The railroad had at the initial construction o ...

on 18 July 1980, Furuseth studied at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

and at the

Kristiania University College Kristiania University College is an educational institution in Norway organized through the Ernst G. Mortensen foundation. As of 2022, Kristiania has approximately 19 000 students and provides higher education in Oslo, Bergen and online. Krist ...

. She married chef Tommy Johansen in 2024, in a ceremony held in

Oslo Spektrum Oslo Spektrum is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in east central Oslo, Norway, that opened in December 1990. It is currently owned and operated by Nova Spektrum, formerly Norges Varemesse. Oslo Spektrum is primarily known for hosting major e ...

Career

Joining a group of

stand-up comedians Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehea ...

in the early 2000s, Furuseth started contributing to radio shows in

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

, and for TV 2. Her breakthrough came in the show , which aired from 2009 to 2014. Her film debut was in in 2011. Working for the Norwegian television channel

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 adv ...

from 2016 to 2019, Furuseth won three

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

awards for her

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series. From 2019 she hosted the

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for NRK. The show earned her Gullruten awards both in 2020 and 2023.

Politics

In 2024 she founded a

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, the .

References

1980 births Living people People from Ullensaker Norwegian comedians University of Oslo alumni NRK people {{norway-bio-stub