Lars Mjøen


Lars Lennart Heiberg Mjøen is a Norwegian comedian, actor, singer, screenwriter, director, editor and author. He is best known as a member of the comedy trio KLM, alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Knut Lystad.

Career

Mjøen and Lystad began their entertainment careers with the NRK radio show “Bedre sent enn alvor” ' in 1975, a program heavily inspired by Monty Python. In 1976, they moved on to television where they joined Kirkvaag who was already a well-known comedian in Norway for the satirical news program Nynytt.
KLM shows later included “Klin Kokos”, “MRK Fjærsynet”, “I spøkelyset”, “Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn”, “KLMs Nachspiel” and “KLMs Vorspiel”.
With the exception of the Monty Python-esque “Klin Kokos”, all these shows mainly spoofed Norwegian television and current events. Typically, Lystad and Kirkvaag played the comedic roles, while Mjøen was more often cast as a host or a. In 1985, KLM made their first and only feature film, “Noe helt annet” ', scoffing Buffalo Bull, a young man who must come to terms about being a vampire.
He recorded the LP “Singing in the Brain” with Lystad, and wrote the first and fourth series of “Brødrene Dal” into bookforms. Unlike Lystad and Kirkvaag, who have appeared separately on many other television programs, Mjøen has rarely appeared on television outside the KLM shows.

Family

He is the cousin of author Gerd Brantenberg.