The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award. Winners are awarded a trophy by the Norwegian sculptor Kristian Kvakland, and the name—and theme—of the sculpture comes from a legendary local woman from the 1920s. The award ceremony is marked every year by a major, nationally televised event.
Jon Almaas is a Norwegian TV-host and actor, best known from the weekly comedy Nytt på nytt which he hosted for 17 years.
Typisk norsk is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions and Rubicon TV for NRK. Three seasons of the program were produced. The concept is inspired by the Swedish SVT-produced series Värsta språket with Fredrik Lindström as the host.
Migrapolis is a Norwegian award-winning TV programme about the everyday lives of immigrants in Norway since 1997.
Ane Dahl Torp is a Norwegian actress.
Gullruten is an annual award for the Norwegian TV industry, founded in 1998 by Norske Film- og TV-produsenters forening. The awarding committee has representatives from the major national TV companies, NRK, TV 2, TV3 and TVNorge. In 1998, the show was hosted by Nadia Hasnaoui, and from 1999 to 2012, by Dorthe Skappel. From 2013, the show has been hosted by Henriette Steenstrup and John Brungot.
Linn Skåber is a Norwegian actress, singer, comedian, text writer and TV personality. She made her stage début on Oslo Nye Teater (Centralteatret) in 1997, playing the title role in Goldoni's comic opera Mirandolina.
Odd Karsten Tveit is a Norwegian journalist, writer and economist. His speciality is the Middle East, a subject on which he has written several books. Tveit has been a foreign correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in the Middle East through three periods, from 1979 to 1983, from 1990 to 1994, and from 2003 to 2007.
Lena Kristin Ellingsen is an actress from Saltdal, Norway.
Hege Storhaug is a Norwegian political activist and author. Since the 1990s she has been known for her criticism of Islam and later anti-immigration activism. She formerly worked as a journalist, before she became involved in anti-immigration activism. She runs the small anti-Islam organization Human Rights Service with her partner, and holds the title information director within the organization. In 2015 she published the bestselling book Islam, den 11. landeplage, later translated to English as Islam: Europe Invaded. America Warned, which claimed that Islam is a "plague." Scholars and commentators have described her views as far-right and Islamophobic.
Adil Khan is a Norwegian dancer and actor of mixed Punjabi and Pashtun descent. He won Dansefeber, hosted by TVNorge in 2006.
Hilde Hummelvoll is a Norwegian television personality.
Belinda Braza is a Norwegian singer, choreographer, artist, actor, and the older sister of singer Myrna Braza.
Rikets tilstand was a Norwegian investigative documentary series that aired on TV 2 from 1999 to 2002. The host was Gerhard Helskog, former host of Dokument 2. The series premiered on 30 September 1999.
Brennpunkt is a Norwegian investigative documentary series that has aired on NRK1 since 1996, except for a hiatus in 2007. The series was originally hosted by Håkon Haugsbø, and from 2014 by Jeanette Platou.
Henrik Holm is a Norwegian actor and model. He is best known for his portrayal of Even Bech Næsheim in the third and fourth seasons of the teen drama series, Skam. Holm also played a role in the television series Halvbroren in 2013.
Tarjei Sandvik Moe is a Norwegian actor. He rose to fame with his portrayal of Isak Valtersen, the main character in the third season of Norwegian teen drama series Skam. His acting, and the third season of the series as a whole, received widespread critical acclaim for a non-stereotypical display of homosexuality, and resulted in him and co-star Henrik Holm winning two prestigious Norwegian awards.
Helene Beate Sandvig is a Norwegian journalist. She is a program leader in the Pulse NRK program and has held this position in the periods of 1999–2001, 2006–2008 and since 2010. Prior to this she was a journalist in Dagbladet. In 2016 she directed the program Helene checks in on NRK1. For the program, she was nominated for best female program leader in front of Gullruten 2017. She won the award for the same program in 2018.
Linda Eide is a Norwegian television and radio presenter, programme producer, comedian, actor and chat-show host.
Karen-Marie Ellefsen is a Norwegian journalist and television host. She was appointed at NRK from 1979 to 2020, and was the first Norwegian female sports reporter.
