Petter Nome, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Petter Nome

Norwegian television personality

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1954

Place of Birth: Kristiansand, Southern Norway, Norway

Profession: television presenter, director, journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Petter Nome

  • Petter Nome (born 18 July 1954) is a Norwegian television personality and organizational worker. He was born in Kristiansand, but grew up at Kampen and Ila.
  • He did his secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School, worked odd jobs at land and sea and studied criminology at the University of Oslo.
  • In 1978 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet.
  • He later co-founded the local radio station Radio Oslo.
  • He started working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1984.He was a news anchor in Dagsrevyen, and later presented a number of weekend entertainment shows: Zikk Zakk, Zting, Nomes Ark, Rondo, Ã…pent Hus, SommerÃ¥pent, PÃ¥'n igjen (with Hilde Hummelvoll), No'me Nome, Gringos and XYZ.
  • He hosted TV-aksjonen in 1990, the Melodi Grand Prix in 1995, Momarkedet in 1999, the millennium countdown show in 2000, as well as three Amanda award shows.
  • In 1993 he was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.
  • He has served on several boards, including VÃ¥lerenga IF Fotball, Oslo Domkor, Solo-fondet and the Sophie Prize. In 2002 and 2003 he was an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War.
  • In early January 2003 he created the campaign "Hello America!", in which he and other signatories asked people to send e-mails to "American News Medias" and the US presidential and vice presidential offices, where they lamented the prospect of an Iraq War.
  • This led to conflicting views with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and he was "relieved" of the host job of 2003's edition of SommerÃ¥pent, and quit his job at NRK not long thereafter.
  • He was hired as director of communications in the Norwegian Refugee Council.
  • He was re-hired to work with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation breakfast television show Frokost-TV from 2006.
  • The show was cancelled in 2008.
  • In 2009 he was hired as managing director of the Norwegian Brewers and Soft Drinks Producers.In January 2009 he married television colleague Hilde Hummelvoll.
  • They reside in Ã…nnerud in Asker.

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