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 on Dagsnytt and as a news anchor on Dagsrevyen.[2] In 1989 he was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.[3]

In 1992 he was hired by 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]

References

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



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