Alf Tande-Petersen, nicknamed Tande-P (born 9 October 1950), is a Norwegian television personality, journalist, writer and businessperson.
In his early career he wrote for newspapers and was a radio presenter, and he has released books in several genres, mostly humor and crime novels.
As a television presenter he was very successful, peaking in 1992 with the show Tande-På programmet which at times was viewed by almost half of Norway's population.
[3] Humorous books include Folk og demoner i Løvebakken Monarki (1981), 1984 år'reit (1984), Gjør det!
[6] He later switched to crime novels, and has issued Bedre sant enn aldri (1995), Evnukken (1996) and Fisherman's Friend (1999).
(1994), Sveip (together with Hilde Hummelvoll, 1995–1997), Tande-Potpurri (1997), På'n igjen (1998), Høyt skattet (1999), Ditt livs sjanse (2000) and Hodejegerne (2002–2004).
Together with two friends, he started the company Tande-P Drift in 2000 and opened restaurants in Trondheim, Verdalsøra, Lillestrøm, Kragerø and Oslo and two in Vormsund.
[22] Tande-Petersen has another, eponymously named company, into which the money from his book sales, writing and show performances goes.