From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Odd Grythe
Odd Grythe
Awards
Preceded by Se og Hør’s TV Personality of the Year
Hør’s Succeeded by
Erik Bye 1979 Einar Johannessen
Odd Horn Grythe (14 November 1918 – 7 February 1995) sion. In 1988 he released his memoirs, Dette husker jeg... (a
was a Norwegian radio and television personality. play on Husker du...). He died in February 1995 in Oslo.[1]
Personal life References
He was born in Lillehammer as a son of a travelling sales- [1] ^ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Odd Grythe". In Helle, Knut
man. He had four older siblings. From 1955 to 1958 he (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo:
was married to Kirsten Sørlie. In March 1962 he married Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/
Ada Haug.[1] With his first wife he had the daughter Hilde .nbl_biografi/Odd_Grythe/utdypning. Retrieved 20
Grythe, who married Terje Tønnesen.[2] October 2010.
[2] Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Hilde Grythe" (in
Career Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo:
Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/
He finished his secondary education in his hometown, Hilde_Grythe. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
and then moved to Oslo. He worked different office jobs, [3] Ottosen, Kristian, ed (2004) (in Norwegian).
and also for a short time at Centralteatret. During the Se- Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (2nd ed.). Oslo:
cond World War he was a part of the Norwegian resis- Universitetsforlaget. p. 248. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
tance movement in Lillehammer.[1] He was arrested on [4] ESC National Finals database 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,
23 March 1945 and was imprisoned in Grini concentra- 1964, 1965
tion camp from 13 April 1945 until the war’s end.[3] After [5] "Frøya med Årets TV-navn for femte gang" (in
the war, Grythe was a journalist and subeditor in Dagnin- Norwegian). Hitra-Frøya: p. 13. 22 December 2009.
gen from 1946 to 1950. He was also a city council member Persondata
for the Labour Party. He worked in Lillehammer og omlands
Name Grythe, Odd
tiltaksråd from 1950 to 1953, and from 1953 to 1959 as a
film producing assistant and producer.[1] Alternative names
In 1959 he was hired as program secretary in Norwe- Short description
gian Broadcasting Corporation radio. On 20 August 1960 Date of birth 14 November 1918
he hosted the first show after the official opening of Nor-
wegian television, Startskuddet går.[1] He hosted the Melo- Place of birth
di Grand Prix in 1960 (with Erik Diesen), 1961 (with Erik Date of death 7 February 1995
Diesen), 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965.[4] In 1961 he was of- Place of death
ficially transferred from the radio department to televi-
sion, and from 1966 to 1971 he headed the information
department. From October 1971 to his retirement in 1985
he hosted the show Husker du..., an entertainment show
for the elderly with revue performances, evergreens and
musical numbers of the past.[1] In 1979 he was awarded
the second Se og Hør readers’ TV personality of the year
award.[5] He also received the Humanist Prize from the
Norwegian Humanist Association in 1989.[1]
Part of his qualifications for the job stemmed from
him touring retirement homes and sanatoria with musi-
cal acts. He continued doing so after retiring from televi-
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Categories:
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• 1995 deaths
• People from Lillehammer
• Norwegian resistance members
• Grini concentration camp survivors
• Norwegian journalists
• Labour Party (Norway) politicians
• Oppland politicians
• Norwegian radio personalities
• Norwegian television presenters
• Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation people
• Norwegian memoirists
• Norwegian humanists
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