# Knut Lystad

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{{Short description|Norwegian artist (born 1946)}}
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thumb|Norwegian actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, Knut Lystad
'''Knut Ove Lystad''' (born 31 January 1946) is a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, best known from the comedy trio '''KLM''', alongside [Trond Kirkvaag](/source/Trond_Kirkvaag) and [Lars Mjøen](/source/Lars_Mj%C3%B8en).

==Career==
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Lystad and Mjøen began their entertainment careers with the [NRK](/source/NRK) radio show “Bedre sent enn alvor” ''(Better late than seriously)'' in 1975, a program heavily inspired by [Monty Python](/source/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](/source/Norwegian_Broadcasting_Corporation)'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)](/source/Skai_TV) channel, set up five years later…</ref>''&nbsp;&mdash; 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](/source/feature_film), ''Noe helt annet'' (''Something completely different''), about Buffalo Bull, a young man who must come to terms about being a [vampire](/source/vampire). KLM made four series of ''[Brødrene Dal](/source/Br%C3%B8drene_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](/source/TV2_(Norway)) sitcom “Karl & co”, which ran until 2001. In 2007 he starred in another sitcom on [NRK](/source/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](/source/Trond_Kirkvaag), ''member of the '''KLM''' trio''
*[Lars Mjøen](/source/Lars_Mj%C3%B8en), ''member of the '''KLM''' trio''

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0529293}}

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Category:1946 births
Category:Living people
Category:Norwegian male comedians
Category:Norwegian male television actors
Category:Leonard Statuette winners
Category:Norwegian satirists
Category:Norwegian comedy musicians
Category:Norwegian translators

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