Hallvard Flatland

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Hallvard Flatland (born 10 February 1957 in Flatdal, Seljord), is a Norwegian television presenter. [1] He is best known as a host on Norway's first commercial station, TVNorge, but has also worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, TV 2 and TV3.

After his studies, Flatland began at the newspaper Trav og Galopp-Nytt in 1979. He worked as a journalist in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1981 to 1986 and in TVNorge from 1988 to 1994. He created[ dubious – discuss ] Norway's most popular gameshow, Casino , and presented it on TVNorge from 1989 to 1993 and on TV3 from 2003 to 2004. Flatland signed a contract at TVNorge in 1993 worth millions. He had great success as a presenter of the broadcasts from the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Flatland returned to TVNorge in September 2008 as presenter of the gameshow Power of 10 . He also commentates on golf for Viasat.

He is married and has two children, including Katarina Flatland, presenter of Waschera on TV 2.

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Awards
Preceded by Se og Hør 's TV Personality of the Year
1990		Succeeded by


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