Nils Gunnar Lie

Nils Gunnar Lie (born 23 November 1950) is a Norwegian television personality.

He hails from Øystese.^[1] He started his career in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and worked in Dagsnytt and as a news anchor in Dagsrevyen.^[2] In 1989 he was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.^[3]

In 1992 he was hired in the new television channel TV 2. From 1992 to late 1997 he hosted about 180 editions of the debate program Holmgang.^[4] He also hosted the Norwegian version of Jeopardy! for a period, parallel to hosting Holmgang, but quit in April 1997 to concentrate on the latter program.^[5] From Holmgang he continued to TV 2-nyhetene as a news anchor.^[1]

In early 2005 he went from TV 2-nyhetene to the breakfast television show God morgen, Norge.^[6] He became known to a new audience in 2009 through Kristian Valen's parody character "Nils Georg".^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kristoffersen, Asbjørn (26 August 2000). "Ein harding og ein ankermann" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende: p. 36. 
2. ^ Nærø, Sturle Scholz (23 November 2000). "Nyhetsbildet personlig" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten: p. 18. 
3. ^ "Frøya med Årets TV-navn for femte gang" (in Norwegian). Hitra-Frøya: p. 13. 22 December 2009. 
4. ^ Henriksen, Arve (16 December 1997). "Gjør "Holmgang" for siste gang" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten Aften: p. 49. 
5. ^ "Lie slutter i "Jeopardy!"" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten Aften: p. 32. 22 April 1997. 
6. ^ Bikset, Lillian (18 December 2004). "Lie blir morgenfugl" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet: p. 46. 
7. ^ Godø, Mikael (27 September 2009). "Gjør en god figur" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet: p. 27. 

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Preceded by Erik Diesen	Se og Hør's TV Personality of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Hallvard Flatland

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Name	Lie, Nils Gunnar
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Date of birth	23 November 1950
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