Atle Antonsen (born 11 August 1969 in Lillehammer) is a Norwegian comedian, actor, writer, and TV host, regarded as one of Norway’s leading contemporary comedy figures. He first became widely known through Norwegian TV comedy in the late 1990s and 2000s, with prominent work in series such as Uti vår hage (2003 and 2008), Team Antonsen (2004), and Etaten (2006).
A major turning point in his mainstream popularity came with the TV 2 comedy-drama Dag (2010–2015), where he played the lead character Dag Refsnes, a relationship therapist with a bleak, misanthropic outlook. In more recent years he has been strongly associated with Kongen befaler (from 2019), the Norwegian version of Taskmaster, where he serves as the show’s “king” and central on-screen authority.
Grand Hotel
The film Grand Hotel is closely tied to central Oslo, and its most important location is the real Grand Hotel, one of the city’s most famous historic hotels.
Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole
Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is very closely tied to Oslo, and the city appears to have been used as a real dramatic environment rather than just a generic Scandinavian backdrop.
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