Petter Schjerven

Norwegian television host

Petter Schjerven
Petter Schjerven in 2019.
Born	(1967-10-20) 20 October 1967 (age 56)
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Occupation	Television host
Relatives	Erik Aleksander Schjerven (brother)

Petter Wilhelm Blichfeldt Schjerven (born 20 October 1967) is a Norwegian television host, known from Typisk norsk^[1] which aired on NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Schjerven has previously worked as the host and scriptwriter for the children's program Midt i smørøyet [no] and as the producer of the radio program Holger Nielsens Metode [no] on NRK P3, among others. After Typisk norsk he hosted the shows Eva og Adam^[2] and Tingenes tilstand^[3] on NRK and Typisk deg [no] on TVNorge.^[4]

Schjerven was awarded Gullruten, a Norwegian television award, for best male television host in 2005.^[5]

Schjerven began his entertainment career at Nordstrandrevyen [no], a school revue.^[6]

He has a cand.mag. degree and has studied psychology, Norwegian, media studies, and philosophy.^[7]

He is the older brother of actor Erik A. Schjerven.

References

^ "Typisk norsk" won journalism price Archived 2010-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Aftenposten (in Norwegian)
^ Løkås, Mariell (5 January 2007). "- En sjarmerende drittsekk med egen sjark". Rana Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Helter". arkiv.nrk.no. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ Steen, Thea (1 November 2012). "Slik blir Petter Schjervens TVNorge-program". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Beholdt hele overskuddet som utbytte". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 30 June 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ Trosvik, Kristin (28 January 2013). "Nominert til Årets navn: Gledesspreder siden 1936". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Beholdt hele overskuddet som utbytte". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 30 June 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2021.