Arnt Haugen

Arnt Haugen (January 3, 1928 – June 26, 1988) was a Norwegian accordionist and music journalist from Kongsberg, known from over 100 LP releases.

[1][2] Haugen was born in Jondalen in Buskerud county.

[1][2][3] After studying to be a journalist, he worked for the newspaper Fremtiden and the music journal Rytme from 1955 to 1962.

[1][2] Haugen became known as a presenter on NRK,[3] among other things for Istedenfor twist – trekkspillet som ungdommens instrument (Instead of the Twist: The Accordion as a Youth Instrument, 1964), and especially as an orchestra leader on the program Husker du?

[2] He also hosted the radio program Trekkspillklubben (The Accordion Club) on NRK for a number of years.