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About Håkon Karlsen
- Håkon Karlsen (March 5, 1922 – May 6, 2007) was a Norwegian journalist.Karlsen was born in Trondheim.
- During the Second World War, he escaped to neutral Sweden from Hattfjelldal, where he had been set to perform conscripted labor.
- After attending Uppsala University, Karlsen worked as a teacher in Strinda.
- He was employed by NRK at Trøndelag Broadcasting (Trøndelag Kringkaster) from 1947 to 1964, at NRK Troms from 1964 to 1976, and at NRK Sørlandet from 1976 onward, succeeding Julius Hougen.
- Karlsen was centrally engaged in the NRK Children's and Youth Department (NRK Barne- og ungdomsavdelingen), where he was well known for the characters Amandus and Antonsen during Children's Hour (Barnetimen) as well as the now-familiar entertainment department.
- He is known for having discovered the entertainer Arthur Arntzen (a.k.a.
- Oluf) and he took part in many radio and television programs with him, as well as the record releases Ja, du Oluf (Cat Music, 1973) and Mølje & sodd (Dagbladets Sommerkassett, 1980) and the films Førti år med Oluf (Forty Years with Oluf; 1979) and Oluf – No må du skjærpe dæ, gutt (Oluf—Now You Need to Shape Up, Boy; 1991).
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