Atle Antonsen

Who is Atle Antonsen?

Atle Antonsen is a Norwegian comedian and actor.

He has participated in and contributed to several television and radio shows, including XL and XLTV, Nissene på låven, Uti vår hage, Team Antonsen, Tre brødre som ikke er brødre, Etaten, Uti vår hage 2, Dag, and Nissene over skog og hei. He has also appeared in feature films, including starring roles in the animated feature Kurt blir grusom and the comedy Kong Curling.

Antonsen has cooperated with such comedians as Harald Eia, Bård Tufte Johansen, Espen Thoresen Hværsaagod-Takkskalduha, Kristopher Schau and Johan Golden. Atle Antonsen and Johan Golden currently host a weekly radio show called "Misjonen" on Fridays on Norwegian national radio station P4. The show first aired in August 2008, and was a continuation of their previous radio show "Kommisjonen" which aired on now-defunct radio station Kanal 24.

In the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2001 Antonsen and Golden spearheaded the campaign for The Political Party, a party formed as a satiric statement on modern politics.