Geir Børresen (16 November 1942 – 25 July 2022) was a Norwegian actor and entertainer.

Biography

Børresen was born in

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on 16 November 1942. He made his film debut in '' Liv'' in 1967, and made his stage debut at

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in 1968. He was a presenter on ''Lekestue'', based on BBC's ''Play School'', for

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from 1975–1981. He played the characters "Labbetuss" and "Max Mekker" in the television series ''

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'' (a Norwegian spin-off of ''

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'') in the 1990s. He provided the voice of Trigger in the Norwegian dub of ''

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''. He is known for

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based on the comics series ''

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'', and his albums ''I Smurfeland'' (1978), '' Sommer i Smurfeland'' (1979) and ''Alle gode ting er Smurf'' (1979) sold a total of nearly 400,000 copies. Børresen died in

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on 25 July 2022.

References

1942 births 2022 deaths Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian children's musicians NRK people Musicians from Oslo {{norway-actor-stub