Kristian Valen (born 13 October 1974) is a comedian, actor, singer and songwriter originally from Stavanger, Norway.

However, Valen left the sport of football when he was 16 and wound up hosting a popular radio show in his native city of Stavanger, Norway.

In 2013 he wrote,directed and produced his own stage show ("From Hillevåg to Hollywood") containing impersonations of both international and Scandinavian singers/artist and celebrities.

(The show featured guests including Sharon Stone, William Shatner, Steven Bauer, Esai Morales as well as duets with noted American artists such as singer/producer Jean Beavour, and Lita Ford - who sang "Close My Eyes Forever" written with Ozzy Osbourne.)

1 on the country's biggest station NRK's P1 and the video for the single – which featured a spectacular car crash on the streets of Los Angeles – was voted No.

[citation needed] In 2007 police were responded to Valen's Oslo apartment, after he had shot at the shower cabinet in his bathroom with a Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun.

When police arrived they confiscated 25 ex-military firearms from Valen's home, which led to him being fined 10,000 kr for gun law violations.

In the aftermath of the incident, Valen had published pictures of the attending police officers on Facebook, along with messages which were found by Oslo District Court to have been of a threatening nature.

The other incident which formed part of his conviction, took place in mid-September 2016, when Valen was arrested by police at Aker Brygge in Oslo while dressed in camouflage garb and in possession of a replica firearm.

Following his arrests, Valen spent a total of six days in police custody before being released to await trial.

[14] In October 2016, Valen stated his intention to emigrate from Norway, citing as reasons what he alleges to be harassment by the Norwegian Police and claiming he has been physically assaulted on the street.