{{Short description|Norwegian artist (born 1946)}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2017}} thumb|Norwegian actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, Knut Lystad '''Knut Ove Lystad''' (born 31 January 1946) is a Norwegian actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, best known from the comedy trio '''KLM''', alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Lars Mjøen.
==Career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2019}} Lystad and Mjøen began their entertainment careers with the NRK radio show “Bedre sent enn alvor” ''(Better late than seriously)'' 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'' (''Newnews'').{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
His future KLM shows included “Klin Kokos” (''Sticky Coconuts'', 1981), “MRK Fjærsynet” (''MRK TeeVee'',<ref>This mocks NRK's title, with the acronym being an abbreviation of “Morsk Rikskringkasting” ''(Hard and Fast National Broadcasting Corporation)''. ''Fjærsyn'' is a colloquial pronunciation of “fjernsyn” ''(TV)''.</ref> 1983), “I spøkelyset” (''In the Joke Light'', 1984), “Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn” (''Skai <sup>Ⓡ</sup> TV ''<ref>Not to be confused with the Greek Skai TV (ΣΚΑΪ Τηλεόραση) channel, set up five years later…</ref>'' — An Imitated Television (Channel)'', 1988), “KLMs Nachspiel” (''KLM's After Play'', 1992) and “KLMs Vorspiel” (''KLM's Prelude'', 1995).{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
In 1985, KLM made their first and only feature film, ''Noe helt annet'' (''Something completely different''), about Buffalo Bull, a young man who must come to terms about being a vampire. KLM made four series of ''Brødrene Dal'', about three explorer brothers (Gaus (Mjøen), Roms (Lystad) and Brumund Dal (Kirkvaag)) and their absurd adventures.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
In 1998, Lystad was cast in the TV2 sitcom “Karl & co”, which ran until 2001. In 2007 he starred in another sitcom on NRK, “Luftens helter” ''(Heroes of the Sky)'', which he co-created with his KLM colleague Trond Kirkvaag.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
==See also== *Trond Kirkvaag, ''member of the '''KLM''' trio'' *Lars Mjøen, ''member of the '''KLM''' trio''
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0529293}}
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