{{Short description|Norwegian writer (1913–1985)}} '''Arild Haga''' (8 April 1913 – 22 February 1985) was a Norwegian revue writer.
He was born in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballade.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub_e/per2006010511242033620965 |title=Arild Haga |publisher=MIC Norway |accessdate=16 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212210/http://www.ballade.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub_e/per2006010511242033620965 |archivedate=27 September 2011 }}</ref> He wrote revues for the stages Chat Noir, Scala and Edderkoppen, and also composed revue music. Among his songs were "Byen med det store hjertet", "Kioskdamen", "Annen Violin" and "Vi e'kje nokke, vi".<ref name=poprock>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Haga, Arild |url=http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2006051214492746579537 |encyclopedia=Norsk pop- og rockleksikon |language=Norwegian |publisher=Vega Forlag |location=Oslo |isbn=82-92489-09-6 |year=2005 |editor1=Jan Eggum |editor2=Bård Ose |editor3=Siren Steen |accessdate=16 July 2009 }}</ref> He chaired the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association for 20 years,<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Arild Haga (obituary)|first=Alfred|last=Næss|authorlink=Alfred Næss (playwright)|work=Aftenposten|page=13|date=27 February 1985|language=Norwegian}}</ref> and received their honorary Leonard Statuette in 1985.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leonardstatuetten |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Leonardstatuetten |language=no |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref> He also worked as a school teacher in Oslo and Arendal, and held posts in the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists and TONO. He died in 1985.<ref name=obit/>
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