Janne Rønningen (born 25 June 1969) is a Norwegian comedian and presenter.
Janne Rønningen mainly grew up in Stavern, Vestfold. Her father was a military officer, and the family also lived three years at Andøya while her father was stationed there. After he received a calling to become a Methodist missionary, the family briefly lived as missionaries in Liberia.[1] She attended Forsøksgymnaset in Oslo.[2] In 1991 Rønningen began to work at a local radio station, Radiorakel in Oslo.[3]
Moving to NRK Radio, she worked on Herreavdelingen and XL, on the youth channel P3.[1] She then moved on to another radio show Holger Nielsens metode and became a presenter of the youth programme Smørøyet on NRK1.[4]
In 2001, Rønningen ran a show for thirteen weeks called Helt privat, together with Kristin Skogheim [no]. In the same year as Big Brother debuted in Norway, Helt privat was built on footage from web cameras in the apartment where Rønningen and Skogheim lived.[1] She was also a touring stand up comic.[1] In March 2004 she was hired by Kanal 24 to present the late night show Rom 24, produced in room 24 at Savoy Hotel.[5] She later produced radio shows with Espen Thoresen [no].[6] In the summer of 2004 she recorded Robinson VIP, a Nordic celebrity version of Expedition Robinson, to be aired in 2005.[7] She voiced the character Lise in the 2006 film Free Jimmy.[8]
References
^ abcdBrække, Jonas (7 July 2001). "Janne Rønningen viser alt". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). pp. 22–23.
^Rønning, Tone (27 September 2003). "Standup-kjendiser opprørt". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). p. 15.
^Brække, Jonas (10 August 2002). "Komiker-Janne tøyser igjen". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). p. 23.
^Gossner, Ellen Lande (23 October 1999). "På egen hånd". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). p. 29.
^"Kanal 24 har rundt 320.000 daglige lyttere". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 21 February 2004. p. 41.
^Bergan, Aleksander (23 July 2006). "Saltvannsradio og nachspielbåt". VG (in Norwegian). pp. 22–23.
^Hagen, Gunnar (28 July 2004). "Her er popbandet fra helvete". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). pp. 54–55.
^Hagen, Gunnar (9 January 2006). "Slapp følelsene fri". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). pp. 42–43.
