Trond Kirkvaag

Trond Georg Kirkvaag (21 June 1946 – 16 November 2007) was a Norwegian comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter, author, director and television host.

Trond Kirkvaag appeared on television for the first time in 1968 in an NRK 1 program titled “Smil til det skjulte kamera” (Smile to the hidden camera), which was originally broadcast on 7 October 1967.

[1] Trond Kirkvaag was best known for his work with Knut Lystad and Lars Mjøen as part of the comedy trio KLM,[2] which was inspired by such diverse influences as the absurd humour of Monty Python; the nonsensical, wordy Blackadder; Not the Nine O'Clock News; the childlike mime-esque Mr. Bean, made famous by Rowan Atkinson; and even the slapstick of the silent movie era and the quick-fire wise-cracking of the Marx Brothers.

In 1996, Kirkvaag created the program Trotto Libre on NRK 1's Alltid Moro (Always Fun),[6] with fellow comedian Otto Jespersen.

After the collaboration with Jespersen ended, he starred in a skit series “Showtalk”, with short satirical sketches on a NRK talk show.

Me and Dad), in which he described what it was like growing up in the 1950s in Majorstuen (a part of the Frogner borough in Oslo), in the shadow of his father, the most famous Norwegian TV entertainer of his time,[9][10] then nicknamed Sjonkel Rolf by the children who watched his shows.

In Come no closer,[11] Kirkvaag describes his father as being a kind of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both at home and at work,[12] prone to severely punishing his children when they broke his rules, sometimes beating them,[13][14] although their sister was always spared from such harsh treatment.