Kjell Kristian Rike

Infobox Radio Presenter
name = Kjell Kristian Rike

---

caption = Rike as most people knew him
birthname = Kjell Kristian Rike
birthdate = birth date|1944|7|12
birthplace = Byglandsfjord, Norway
deathdate = death date and age|2008|05|19|1944|7|12
deathplace = Oslo, Norway
show = Various; mostly winter sports
station = NRK
timeslot =
show2 =
station2 =
timeslot2 =
style = Sports commentator
country = Norway
prevshow = Norge Rundt
web = |

Kjell Kristian Rike (July 12, 1944 – May 19, 2008) was a Norwegian sports commentator, originally from Byglandsfjord. He commented biathlon for NRK from 1977, and cross-country skiing from 1985.cite news |url=http://www.nrksport.no/1.5715697 |first= |last= |title=Kjell Kristian Rike er død |work=NRK |date=19 May 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-19 |language=Norwegian ]

He has commented from several football world championships, and on golf, cycling, athletics, shooting, harness racing and alpine skiing.

Rike was member of the original staff at the TV series "Norge Rundt" in 1976, and is credited for having suggested the signature tune for the program, "Norsk dans nr. 2" by Edvard Grieg.cite news |url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/tv/article301444.ece |first=Marie |last=Aubert |title=30 år med vanlige folk |work=Bergens Tidende |date=27 September 2006 |accessdate=2008-05-19 |language=Norwegian ]

He was a former active sport shooter, and Norwegian champion from 1974.b]

He died on May 19th, 2008, about a month after he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He married his long time partner, Marit Rosendahl, just a few days after being diagnosed.cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article2434544.ece |first= |last= |title=Popular NRK sports commentator dead at 63 |work=Aftenposten |date=20 May 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-23 ]

Awards

*2007 Gullruten honorary prize (with fellow television sports commentator Jon Herwig Carlsen).

References