{{Short description|Norwegian YouTuber (1964–2021)}} {{good article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox youtuber | name = Apetor | image = Apetor.png | alt = Eckhoff's face and upper body | caption = Apetor in 2019 | birth_name = Tor Rathje Eckhoff | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1964|11|22}} | birth_place = Kristiansund, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|11|27|1964|11|22}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | partner = Tove Skjerven | children = 1 | occupation = {{hlist|YouTuber|industrial worker}} | youtube_handle = apetor | youtube_display_name = | youtube_years_active = 2006{{endash}}2021 | youtube_genre = | youtube_subscribers = 1.4 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 459 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->
| stats_update = 4 December 2025 }} '''Tor Rathje Eckhoff''' (22 November 1964 – 27 November 2021), also known as '''Apetor''' ({{IPA|no|ˈɑ̂ːpəˌtuːɾ}}), was a Norwegian YouTuber known primarily for his videos where he drank vodka while performing activities on frozen waters, like ice skating, swimming in ice holes and diving. He died in 2021 after he fell through the ice of a lake west of Kongsberg, Norway, while recording a video. At the time of his death, he worked at a paint factory in Sandefjord Municipality run by the chemicals company Jotun.
His YouTube career lasted from 2006 until his death in 2021, though his channel first started gaining popularity in 2011. His videos, in which he remained mostly silent, were popular worldwide, especially in Poland. The ones he recorded during the winter were his most well-known, though also being controversial in nature due to their perceived danger{{mdash}}drinking alcohol before swimming near-naked in below-freezing temperatures{{mdash}}but some also characterised them as artistic for their presentation and content. Despite his success, he did not make a living out of his videos, creating them primarily for his own enjoyment.
==Personal life== Tor Rathje Eckhoff was born in Kristiansund, Norway, on 22 November 1964 to professor Johan Arent Rathje Eckhoff and secretary Kari Elisabeth Anderssen. He was the second of three brothers, Jan and Ulf.<ref name=Bergerud>{{cite book |last=Bergerud |first=Inger Louise |year=1996 |location=Sarpsborg |title=I slektens fotspor: med røtter i slektene Eckhoff, Hagemann og Moss samt bondeslekter fra Nordfjord, Hosanger og Fana |trans-title=In the Family's Footsteps: Rooted in the families Eckhoff, Hagemann, and Moss, Including Farmers' Lineages of Nordfjord, Hosanger and Fana |publisher=Sverre Johansen Boktrykk/Offset |page=78 |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013060305012?page=81 |via=National Library of Norway |access-date=23 November 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829044647/https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013060305012?page=81 |url-status=live }}</ref> He moved to Sandefjord at the age of 6.<ref name=VB/> Eckhoff studied history, philosophy, and nordic literature at the University of Bergen,<ref name=VB>{{cite news |last=Holtung |first=Siri |date=8 March 2011 |work=Vestfold Blad |volume=2 |issue=10 |pages=10–11 |via=Issuu |language=nb |title=Apetor – "One Crazy Norwegian!" |url=https://issuu.com/vestfoldblad/docs/vbu10-2011/10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130135718/https://issuu.com/vestfoldblad/docs/vbu10-2011/10 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> graduating in 1993 with a cand.mag.<ref name="LinkedIn" group="‡">{{Cite web |first=Tor |last=Eckhoff |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/tor-eckhoff-0626873b/?locale=de_DE |title=Tor Eckhoff |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206191810/https://www.linkedin.com/in/tor-eckhoff-0626873b/?locale=de_DE |url-status=live }}</ref> On 17 December 1993,<ref>{{cite news |date=29 December 1993 |work=Firda |volume=76 |issue=246 |page=2 |title=Namn i dag |trans-title=Names today |language=Norwegian Nynorsk |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_firda_null_null_19931229_76_246_1?page=1 |via=National Library of Norway |access-date=10 November 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110094959/https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_firda_null_null_19931229_76_246_1?page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> he had a child with his partner, Tove Skjerven,<ref>{{cite news |author=FPJ Web Desk |date=1 December 2021 |work=The Free Press Journal |title=WATCH: Youtuber passes away days after posting video telling his fans he 'wasn't dead' |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/youtuber-apetor-passes-away-days-after-posting-video-telling-his-fans-he-wasnt-dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201120447/https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/youtuber-apetor-passes-away-days-after-posting-video-telling-his-fans-he-wasnt-dead |archive-date=1 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> whom he met while studying in Bergen.<ref name="NRK Podcast 1">{{Cite podcast |last=Øygarden Flæten |first=Sigurd |date=23 October 2023 |series=Historier fra virkeligheten |work=Apetor |title=Klatreren (1:3) |trans-title=The Climber (1/3) |publisher=NRK Radio |language=Norwegian |url=https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/sesong/apetor/l_e0af1aa9-faaf-4931-af1a-a9faafd93105 |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102124356/https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/sesong/apetor/l_e0af1aa9-faaf-4931-af1a-a9faafd93105 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|5:28}} His mother died in 1994,<ref name=Bergerud/> and his father in 2008;<ref>{{cite news |date=17 December 2008 |work=Sandefjords Blad |volume=148 |issue=292 |page=44 |title=Johan Arent Rathje Eckhoff}}</ref> his brother Ulf died of cancer in October 2021.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 October 2021 |work=Sandefjords Blad |volume=151 |issue=247 |page=21 |title=Ulf Rathje Eckhoff |url=https://boebegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=3934794&set_site_id=208&cat=ads&sign=ebd5f36e02147066eb740a62ab4ff668 |via=Bøe Begravelsesbyrå |access-date=23 November 2022 |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123200739/https://boebegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=3934794&set_site_id=208&cat=ads&sign=ebd5f36e02147066eb740a62ab4ff668 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Eckhoff and Skjerven moved to Sandefjord after living in Bergen for some years.<ref name="NRK Podcast 1"/>{{rp|24:04}} They first lived in a cabin before moving into a house in the city.<ref name="NRK Podcast 1"/>{{rp|25:12}} After a while, Eckhoff grew tired and irritable from his traditional life and moved out into a cabin again. They lived separately after this, but still retained a relationship.<ref name="NRK Podcast 1"/>{{rp|25:32}} Eckhoff worked at a paint factory in Sandefjord,<ref name=Insider>{{cite news |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |date=29 November 2021 |work=Insider.com |title=A Norwegian YouTuber reportedly died after falling into a lake while on a filming trip — just days after celebrating his 57th birthday in a video |url=https://www.insider.com/tor-eckhoff-apetor-norwegian-adventure-youtuber-has-reportedly-died-2021-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211130121225/https://www.insider.com/tor-eckhoff-apetor-norwegian-adventure-youtuber-has-reportedly-died-2021-11 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> which was run by the chemicals company Jotun.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nipen |first=Kjersti |date=28 November 2021 |work=Aftenposten |language=nb |title=Youtube-profil døde etter å ha gått gjennom isen ved Kongsberg |trans-title=YouTube profile died after falling through ice by Kongsberg |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/x8VdaV/youtube-profil-doede-etter-aa-ha-gaatt-gjennom-isen-ved-kongsberg |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204005854/https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/x8VdaV/youtube-profil-doede-etter-aa-ha-gaatt-gjennom-isen-ved-kongsberg |archive-date=4 December 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> This would remain his long-term place of employment from 2008 until his death in 2021.<ref name="LinkedIn" group="‡"/>
Eckhoff had an interest in evolutionary biology, being fascinated with the close genetic relationship between humans and apes. He had an affinity for the outdoors, often going camping during the Summer, along with mountain climbing, especially around Jotunheimen.<ref name=VB/> He enjoyed running and outdoor bathing, and had an interest in photography;<ref>{{cite news |last=Nordhagen |first=Knut |date=29 November 2016 |language=Norwegian Bokmål |work=Sandefjords blad |issue=278/2016 |page=22 |title=Tar ting kaldt og rolig |trans-title=Taking Things Cold and Steady}}</ref> his partner estimated that he took tens of thousands of pictures.<ref name="NRK Podcast 1"/>{{rp|9:22}} One of his pictures at Yxney in Sandefjord was included in the 1994 photo-book ''Uniquely Norway'' ({{langx|no|Jeg så, jeg så Norge}}).<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Holter |editor-first=Tore |year=1994 |title=Jeg så, jeg så Norge |trans-title=Uniquely Norway |isbn=8276940021 |page=177 |publisher=Fotografi |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011020903016?page=175 |via=National Library of Norway |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829044643/https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011020903016?page=175 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was fond of the Volvo 240 and 142 series of cars, owning a 1968 model of the latter.<ref name=VB/> Despite the frequent appearance of winter swimming in his videos, he rarely did it in his spare time,<ref name=SB2010>{{cite news |last=Gåsholt |first=Kåre |date=30 December 2010 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Mens vi andre fryser, nyter Tor (46) livet i skjærgården |trans-title=While the rest of us are freezing, Tor (46) enjoying life in the skerries |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/mens-vi-andre-fryser-nyter-tor-46-livet-i-skjargarden/s/2-2.428-1.5923260 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207183508/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/mens-vi-andre-fryser-nyter-tor-46-livet-i-skjargarden/s/2-2.428-1.5923260 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> nor did he drink alcohol often outside of his videos.<ref name=Newonce/>
In June 2013, Eckhoff reported that he had been robbed of his recording and camping equipment after he left them at a quay to moor his boat. He suspected two men piloting a large motorboat of the theft,{{efn|The vessel he described was a {{Interlanguage link|skjærgårdsjeep|no}}, a small motor boat used in Norway.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Osnes |editor-first=Andreas |encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon |title=passbåt |url=https://snl.no/passb%C3%A5t |access-date=8 December 2021 |language=nb |edition=Online |date=8 November 2021 |publisher=Foreningen store norske leksikon |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211208105911/https://snl.no/passb%C3%A5t |archive-date=8 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} noting that their boat had run full throttle into the port when he was gone. He reported the incident to the police, though he did not notice the brand of the boat.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bjerkaas |first=Vibeke |date=8 June 2013 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Apetor rundstjålet |trans-title=Apetor robbed blind |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/apetor-rundstjalet/s/2-2.428-1.7926718 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211121140240/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/apetor-rundstjalet/s/2-2.428-1.7926718 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A few days later, he wrote on Facebook that his belongings had been returned, and that they had been taken unintentionally by someone from Kongsberg.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |date=12 June 2013 |work=Facebook |title=My Stuff Is Back!!! |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10151767235587652 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211208112052/https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10151767235587652&set=a.10150269020262652 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In his 20s, Eckhoff was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, but chose not to get operated because he believed the result would be too restrictive for his lifestyle.<ref name="NRK Podcast 3">{{Cite podcast |last=Øygarden Flæten |first=Sigurd |date=23 October 2023 |series=Historier fra virkeligheten |work=Apetor |title=Apetors siste film (3:3) |trans-title=Apetor's Last Film (3/3) |publisher=NRK Radio |language=Norwegian |url=https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/sesong/apetor/l_3ca3609e-2471-4a0e-a360-9e24717a0ed3 |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102132543/https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/sesong/apetor/l_3ca3609e-2471-4a0e-a360-9e24717a0ed3 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|1:42}} He kept the disease secret from his friends.<ref name="NRK Podcast 3"/>{{rp|3:07}} In March 2018, Eckhoff told his family that he had been diagnosed with cancer;<ref name="NRK Podcast 3"/>{{rp|11:25}} he underwent surgery later in June. In November, Eckhoff uploaded a video to YouTube divulging his diagnosis of colorectal cancer. He clarified in the video that it was not due to lifestyle choices, but from chronic inflammatory bowel disease.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dévai |first=László |date=10 June 2019 |work=24.hu |language=hu|title=Ő a világ legboldogabb embere és végül ebbe fog belehalni |trans-title=He is the happiest man in the world, and he will eventually die in it |url=https://24.hu/szorakozas/2019/06/10/apetor-youtube-tor-eckhoff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610060912/https://24.hu/szorakozas/2019/06/10/apetor-youtube-tor-eckhoff/ |archive-date=10 June 2019 |url-status=live |quote=A képernyő alján fut egy felirat, amelyből kiderül, hogy végbélrákot diagnosztizáltak nála |trans-quote=A caption running across the bottom of the screen clarifies that he had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer}}</ref><ref name=TheFocus>{{cite news |last=Leung |first=Yasmine |date=29 November 2021 |work=The Focus |title=What happened to Apetor? YouTuber dead days after reassuring fans |url=https://www.thefocus.news/celebrity/apetor-dead/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129185010/https://www.thefocus.news/celebrity/apetor-dead/ |archive-date=29 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the surgery, he had to use a colostomy bag.<ref name=TheFocus/> He was focused on enjoying the small things in life through his videos, a feeling reinforced by his survival from cancer.<ref>{{cite news |author=Inside Edition staff |date=30 November 2021 |work=Inside Edition |title=YouTuber Named Apetor Dies Days After Posting Video Saying He Wasn't Dead |url=https://www.insideedition.com/youtuber-named-apetor-dies-days-after-posting-video-saying-he-wasnt-dead-71601 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211208100722/https://www.insideedition.com/youtuber-named-apetor-dies-days-after-posting-video-saying-he-wasnt-dead-71601 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==YouTube career== thumb|left|alt=Video of a near-naked Eckhoff in ice skates propelling himself forward with a chainsaw|Eckhoff ice skating on a frozen lake, propelling himself forward using a chainsaw, an example of the type of stunts he became most well-known for Eckhoff joined YouTube on 10 October 2006<ref name="about" group="‡">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/apetor/about|title=About|author=Apetor|via=YouTube|access-date=30 November 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129220446/https://www.youtube.com/c/apetor/about|url-status=live}}</ref> and posted his first video a day later.<ref group="‡">{{Cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |work=Apetor |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fi_pKtWe2Y |title=In my boat |date=11 October 2006 |via=YouTube |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129220448/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fi_pKtWe2Y |url-status=live }}</ref> This happened the same year he moved out into his cabin to escape family life.<ref name="NRK Podcast 2">{{Cite podcast |last=Øygarden Flæten |first=Sigurd |date=23 October 2023 |series=Historier fra virkeligheten |work=Apetor |title=Disiplene (2:3) |trans-title=The Disciples (2/3) |publisher=NRK Radio |language=Norwegian |url=https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/sesong/apetor/l_e8c1b28e-d4f4-4124-81b2-8ed4f45124d4 |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102124355/https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/sesong/apetor/l_e8c1b28e-d4f4-4124-81b2-8ed4f45124d4 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|3:52}} The moniker he used online, Apetor, consisting of the word ape{{efn|The word is the same in both English and Norwegian.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Haugen |first=Einar |author-link=Einar Haugen |editor1-last=Chapman |year=1965 |editor1-first=Kenneth G. |editor2-last=Gundersen |editor2-first=Dag |editor3-last=Rischel |editor3-first=Jørgen |editor3-link=Jørgen Rischel |language=English |encyclopedia=Norwegian English Dictionary |title=A |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo |page=57 |quote=a`pe¹ -n: 1. ape, monkey |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016031748037 |via=National Library of Norway}}</ref>}} and his given name Tor, stemmed from his aforementioned interest in the close relationship between humans and apes.<ref name=4ETG>{{cite AV media |last=Lihaug Fredriksen |first=Jonas |date=6 December 2019 |work={{Interlanguage link|NRK 4ETG|no}} |language=no |title=Jonas møter Apetor ❤️ |trans-title=Jonas meets Apetor ❤️ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXrgLeIV9E |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129115222/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXrgLeIV9E |archive-date=29 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|3:09}} He used his channel to document his trips, sharing footage of wildlife and scenic views, both domestically and abroad.{{efn|International destinations where he has made videos include Warsaw<ref name=Newonce>{{cite news |last=Krause |first=Rafał |date=2 December 2021 |work=Newonce |title=Apetor – nie patostreamer, a artysta. Dlaczego Polacy tak kochali norweskiego youtubera? |trans-title=Apetor – not a weirdo, but an artist. Why did Poles love this YouTuber so much? |url=https://newonce.net/artykul/apetor-nie-patostreamer-a-artysta-dlaczego-polacy-tak-kochali-norweskiego-youtubera |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207153559/https://newonce.net/artykul/apetor-nie-patostreamer-a-artysta-dlaczego-polacy-tak-kochali-norweskiego-youtubera |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and New York City.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |work=Apetor |date=7 November 2019 |title=Going to New York |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELJuVd0Fio |via=YouTube |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207161151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELJuVd0Fio |url-status=live }}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=1 December 2021 |work=Newsweek |title=YouTuber Apetor Dies at 57 After Falling Into Frozen Lake While Shooting Video |url=https://www.newsweek.com/youtuber-apetor-tor-eckhoff-dies-57-after-falling-frozen-lake-while-shooting-video-norway-1654758 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204195541/https://www.newsweek.com/youtuber-apetor-tor-eckhoff-dies-57-after-falling-frozen-lake-while-shooting-video-norway-1654758 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> He used his boat to showcase the archipelagos around Sandefjord during both the winter and summer.<ref name="Båtliv">{{Cite magazine |last=Finsrud |first=Jørn |date=26 April 2011 |magazine=Båtliv |issn=1504-3908 |volume=17 |issue=4 |publisher=Norsk Maritimt Forlaag |editor=Ole Henrik Nissen-Lie |pages=89–91 |title=Norges galeste båt-kjendis |trans-title=Norway's Craziest Boat Celebrity |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024061980040_004?page=88 |via=National Library of Norway}}</ref>
Eckhoff initially filmed his videos with a compact camera before upgrading to a higher quality video camera in 2009. He also started editing his videos<ref name=SB2010/><ref name=Nordlys>{{cite news |date=19 March 2014 |work=Nordlys |language=nb |title=Her filmer Tor (49) mens han går gjennom isen |trans-title=Watch Tor (49) pass through ice |url=https://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/her-filmer-tor-49-mens-han-gar-gjennom-isen/s/1-79-7239281 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129223903/https://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/her-filmer-tor-49-mens-han-gar-gjennom-isen/s/1-79-7239281 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> in an effort to get more views.<ref name=4ETG/>{{rp|8:21}} He stated that other people were not present during the filming of his videos, despite people being worried for his safety.<ref name=4ETG/>{{rp|1:49}} The software he used to edit his videos was the free Apple-developed application iMovie.<ref name=4ETG/>{{rp|8:05}} He created the majority of his videos in his cabin in Kodal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Øygarden Flæten |first=Sigurd |date=1 November 2023 |work=NRK |title=Arven etter Apetor |trans-title=Apetor's Legacy |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/arven-etter-apetor-1.16620107 |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101165629/https://www.nrk.no/kultur/arven-etter-apetor-1.16620107 |url-status=live }}</ref>
His first breakthrough video, uploaded in 2011, was "On Thin Sea Ice 2",{{efn|The video was originally titled "{{lang|no|På tynn sjøis 2}} (on thin sea ice), Sandefjord in Norway".<ref group="‡">An archive of the original YouTube video can be located here: {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyUf7r_9yNs |title=On Thin Sea Ice 2 |website=YouTube |date=2 February 2011 |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209083641/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyUf7r_9yNs |url-status=live }}</ref>}} acquiring over one million views in the span of a week. It featured him ice skating, drinking vodka, diving through sea ice, and making seal-like sounds with his mouth.<ref name=Aftenposten>{{cite news |last=Nergård Pettersen |first=Marius |date=30 January 2015 |work=Aftenposten |language=nb |title=Møt en av YouTubes mest populære nordmenn |trans-title=Meet one of YouTube's most popular Norwegians |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/amagasinet/i/n1wOL/moet-en-av-youtubes-mest-populaere-nordmenn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130144930/https://www.aftenposten.no/amagasinet/i/n1wOL/moet-en-av-youtubes-mest-populaere-nordmenn |archive-date=30 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Plumb>{{cite web |last=Plumb |first=Alastair |date=10 February 2012 |work=Huffington Post |title=Fearless Norwegian Ice Skater Skates On Thin Ice... Literally (Video) |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/10/norwegian-ice-skater-thin-ice_n_1267687.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212034332/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/10/norwegian-ice-skater-thin-ice_n_1267687.html |archive-date=12 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> For parts of it he had other people present acting as helpers, but was completely alone when he went under the ice. Despite claims that he had not done extreme sport or winter swimming before the video,<ref>{{cite web |last=Haukali |first=Ingelin |date=4 February 2011 |work=TV 2 Nyhetene |language=nb |title=Se Tors spektakulære is-stunt |trans-title=Watch Tor's spectacular ice stunt |url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/snop/se-tors-spektakulaere-isstunt-3407437.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207160133/http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/snop/se-tors-spektakulaere-isstunt-3407437.html |archive-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> he had filmed himself practicing falling through frozen waters safely before.<ref>{{cite video |last=Talsnes |first=Stål |date=30 January 2015 |work=TV 2 |title=PelleK {{pipe}} Glittergirls {{pipe}} Apetor {{pipe}} YouTube tar av i Norge {{pipe}} Lørdagsmagasinet TV 2 |trans-title=PelleK {{pipe}} Glittergirls {{pipe}} Apetor {{pipe}} YouTube takes off in Norway {{pipe}} Saturday Magazine TV 2 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhAI3DSeXBc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316054203/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhAI3DSeXBc |archive-date=16 March 2022 |url-status=live |time=3:48}}</ref> Clips from the video were featured without his permission in the video compilation "People Are Awesome 2011", which had earned 4.5 million views by February 2012,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gåsholt |first1=Kåre |last2=Mehlum Hasle |first2=Anders |date=18 February 2012 |work=Sandefjords blad |title=Se "gærningene" som sammenliknes med Apetor |trans-title=Watch the "Crazies" People Compare to Apetor |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/se-garningene-som-sammenliknes-med-apetor/s/2-2.428-1.6782584 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207223829/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/se-garningene-som-sammenliknes-med-apetor/s/2-2.428-1.6782584 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 30 million by August. Though Eckhoff commented on the illegality of publishing it without his permission, he did not mind due to the brevity of the clips, and said that he considered his inclusion "an honour".<ref name=Roenningen>{{citation |last=Rønningen |first=Tom Erik |date=27 August 2012 |work=Tønsbergs Blad |language=nb |title=Apetor sett av over 30 millioner |trans-title=Apetor seen by over 30 million |url=https://www.tb.no/vestfold/kultur/nyheter/apetor-sett-av-over-30-millioner/s/2-2.516-1.7509809 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130124511/https://www.tb.no/vestfold/kultur/nyheter/apetor-sett-av-over-30-millioner/s/2-2.516-1.7509809 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> "On Thin Sea Ice 2" was featured at the 37th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival in 2013 under the tagline "Slide away with simple pleasures: skating, bathing, and a little vodka!"<ref name=Banff>{{cite web |title=Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Films 2012/2013 |work=Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity |page=5 |url=https://www.banffcentre.ca/sites/default/files/Banff%20Mountain%20Film%20and%20Book%20Festival/General/2012-2013%20Films%20on%20Tour%20-%20WT.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815232048/https://www.banffcentre.ca/sites/default/files/Banff%20Mountain%20Film%20and%20Book%20Festival/General/2012-2013%20Films%20on%20Tour%20-%20WT.pdf |archive-date=15 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Out of the 380 films entered, it was one of 28 to be screened at the festival,<ref name=MtnScene>{{cite news |work=Mountain Scene |date=16 April 2013 |title=Banff Mountain Film Festival |url=http://www.scene.co.nz/whats-on/banff-mountain-film-festival-2/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211209170758/http://www.scene.co.nz/whats-on/banff-mountain-film-festival-2/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Banff/> which took place in 285 locations in 30 countries,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=22 February 2013 |magazine=Mountain Town Magazine |title=Banff Mountain Festival World Tour – Breckenridge |url=https://mtntownmagazine.com/banff-mountain-film-festival-world-tour-breckenridge/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211209165259/https://mtntownmagazine.com/banff-mountain-film-festival-world-tour-breckenridge/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> for example at the Arlington Theatre in California,<ref>{{cite web |author=UCSB Arts & Lectures |work=Arlington Theatre website |date=31 January 2013 |title=Banff Mountain Film Festival UPDATE |url=https://thearlingtontheatre.com/news/23-theatre-news/180-banff-mountain-film-festival-update |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208201307/https://thearlingtontheatre.com/news/23-theatre-news/180-banff-mountain-film-festival-update |archive-date=8 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Queenstown Memorial Centre in Queenstown, New Zealand.<ref name=MtnScene/>
Following the strong positive reactions to "On Thin Sea Ice 2", he was encouraged to upload more videos like it.<ref name=Malnes>{{cite news |last=Malnes |first=Lena |date=10 February 2012 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Tors gale is-stunt går verden rundt |trans-title=Tor's wild ice stunts go worldwide |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/tors-gale-is-stunt-gar-verden-rundt/s/2-2.428-1.6765711 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205104624/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/tors-gale-is-stunt-gar-verden-rundt/s/2-2.428-1.6765711 |archive-date=5 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> He established the business Apetor Film in March 2011 to facilitate the "production of film, video, and television programmes."{{efn|He registered the business on 9 March 2011 at the Brønnøysund Register Centre, but deregistered under a month later on 7 April.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 March 2011 |work=Brønnøysund Register Centre |title=Kunngjøringer |url=https://w2.brreg.no/kunngjoring/hent_alle.jsp?kid=20110000056896&sokeverdi=996570061&spraak=nb |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211209160244/https://w2.brreg.no/kunngjoring/hent_alle.jsp?kid=20110000056896&sokeverdi=996570061&spraak=nb |archive-date=9 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web |work=proff.no |title=Apetor Film Tor Eckhoff: Org nr 996 570 061 |url=https://www.proff.no/selskap/apetor-film-tor-eckhoff/sandefjord/filmproduksjon/IGHBYDP03GF/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208202901/https://www.proff.no/selskap/apetor-film-tor-eckhoff/sandefjord/filmproduksjon/IGHBYDP03GF/ |archive-date=8 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Gundersen/> The follow-up, "On Thin Sea Ice 3", featured him supposedly swimming to a ferry to buy alcohol in the middle of winter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gåsholt |first=Kåre |date=18 February 2012 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Tors crazy taxfree-handel tar ferja til verdens ende |trans-title=Tor's crazy duty-free shopping takes the ferry to the ends of the earth |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/tors-crazy-taxfree-handel-tar-ferja-til-verdens-ende/s/2-2.428-1.6782686 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207213604/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/tors-crazy-taxfree-handel-tar-ferja-til-verdens-ende/s/2-2.428-1.6782686 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the fourth "On Thin Ice" video, he continued by cutting a hole in the ice with a chainsaw before dunking his head in it and diving into it, in addition to cutting out an ice doughnut and wearing it around his neck.<ref name=Malnes/><ref name=Plumb/> He would end up uploading a total of thirteen videos in the "On Thin Ice" series,{{efn|Three titled "On Thin Sea Ice", and ten titled "On Thin Ice"}}<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |work=Apetor |via=YouTube |title=On Thin Ice Videos |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL73A6AD7F0D222DC6 |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207222642/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL73A6AD7F0D222DC6 |url-status=live }}</ref> many of which gaining millions of views, with "On Thin Ice 4", for instance, earning 351,000 views in a single day after appearing on the front page of Reddit in 2013, at that point having reached 4 million views in under three years.<ref name=Gundersen>{{cite news |last=Gundersen |first=Lily Marcela |date=12 November 2014 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Apetors nye is-stunt tar av på YouTube |trans-title=Apetor's new ice stunts take off on YouTube |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/apetors-nye-is-stunt-tar-av-pa-youtube/s/2-2.428-1.8651454 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207213910/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/apetors-nye-is-stunt-tar-av-pa-youtube/s/2-2.428-1.8651454 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The most popular video on his channel was "The First Snow 4", acquiring over 94 million views before his death;<ref name=Clarin>{{cite news |date=2 December 2021 |work=Clarín |language=es|title=El final del youtuber Tor Eckhoff: una aventura que terminó en tragedia |trans-title=The end for YouTuber Tor Eckhoff: An adventure that ended in tragedy |url=https://www.clarin.com/viste/final-youtuber-tor-eckhoff-aventura-termino-tragedia_0_Po1_5fOpy.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211209225910/https://www.clarin.com/viste/final-youtuber-tor-eckhoff-aventura-termino-tragedia_0_Po1_5fOpy.html |archive-date=9 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The video has over 100 million views as of 2022.<ref name="First Snow" group="‡"/> Part of the annual "First Snow" videos started in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |last=Powell |first=Austin |date=14 November 2016 |work=Daily Dot |title=Vodka-chugging Norwegian man loves snow more than life itself |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/first-snow-vodka-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114221236/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/first-snow-vodka-video/ |archive-date=14 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> it featured him submerging himself in a frozen bathtub while drinking vodka.<ref name=Clarin/> In a similar video, "A day in November",{{efn|Later changed to "A Day in November 2014"; compare this 2014 archive<ref group="‡">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMDt_cy1AM |title=A Day in November 2014 |website=YouTube |date=9 November 2014 |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111005532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMDt_cy1AM |url-status=live }}</ref> to one from 2019.<ref group="‡">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMDt_cy1AM |title=A Day in November 2014 |website=YouTube |date=9 November 2014 |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420183220/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMDt_cy1AM |url-status=live }}</ref>}} uploaded in 2014 after a year long break, he also got into an icy bath, earning 610,000 views in 5 days.<ref name=Gundersen/> Another popular series on his channel was the Christmas videos,<ref>{{cite news |work=Storyful |via=Yahoo! News |date=27 December 2016 |title=Norwegian Man Shares Christmas Video of Himself Drinking Vodka and Skating on Thin Ice |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/norwegian-man-shares-christmas-video-012340776.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205123412/https://www.yahoo.com/news/norwegian-man-shares-christmas-video-012340776.html |archive-date=5 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> where he performed various stunts of similar calibre to his "On Thin Ice" series, like skating across ice using a chainsaw.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kondratieva |first=Tatiana |date=23 December 2017 |work=Life |language=ru|title=Голый норвежец выложил новое видео про водку — теперь с бензопилой на льду |trans-title=Naked Norwegian uploads new video about vodka – now with a chainsaw on the ice |url=https://life.ru/p/1072835 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205125331/https://life.ru/p/1072835 |archive-date=5 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> His vodka of choice, Vikingfjord, made frequent appearances on his channel,<ref>{{cite web |last=Corinth |first=Ernst |date=5 April 2019 |work={{Interlanguage link|heise online|de}} |language=de|title= Gretafreie Zone: Schonungslose Bilder des Schreckens |trans-title=Greta-free Zone: Merciless Imagery of Horror |url=https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Gretafreie-Zone-Schonungslose-Bilder-des-Schreckens-4364504.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406204534/https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Gretafreie-Zone-Schonungslose-Bilder-des-Schreckens-4364504.html |archive-date=6 April 2019 |url-status=live |quote=...das Produkt, für das er in seinen zahlreichen Videos wirbt, ist Vikingfjord Wodka |trans-quote=...the product he promotes in most of his videos is Vikingfjord vodka}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mancall-Bitel |first=Nicholas |date=15 November 2016 |work=Thrillist |title=Norwegian Man Celebrates First Snow With Vodka |url=https://www.thrillist.com/news/watch-this-crazy-norwegian-man-chug-vodka-and-bathe-in-snow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129222547/https://www.thrillist.com/news/watch-this-crazy-norwegian-man-chug-vodka-and-bathe-in-snow |archive-date=29 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> though he claimed that he had no connection to the brand, and that he had never been in touch with the company that produces it.{{efn|He adds that advertising alcohol is illegal in Norway, specifically above 2.5 percent alcohol by volume.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van Dalen |first1=Wim |last2=Kuunders |first2=Monique |date=May 2007 |title=Regulation of Alcohol Marketing in Europe |website=ec.europa.eu |publisher=European Commission |page=39 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_projects/2004/action3/docs/2004_3_16_frep_a2_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122184302/https://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_projects/2004/action3/docs/2004_3_16_frep_a2_en.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref name="about" group="‡"/>
[[File:YouTubestjernenes medieverden - NMD 2017 (33769379724) (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=Picture of Jonas Lihaug Fredriksen talking at a conference|Jonas Lihaug Fredriksen collaborated with Eckhoff in filming a video for Norwegian broadcasting company NRK]] He collaborated with {{Interlanguage link|Jonas Lihaug Fredriksen|no}} of the Norwegian state-sponsored entertainment YouTube channel {{Interlanguage link|NRK 4ETG|no}} in late 2019, when they went swimming together in winter conditions.<ref name=VG>{{cite news |last=Ytre-Eide Bjaarstad |first=Josefine |date=29 November 2021 |work=Verdens Gang |language=nb |title=Norsk YouTube-stjerne hylles etter sin død |trans-title=Norwegian YouTube star celebrated after death |url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/34xw8X/norsk-youtube-stjerne-hylles-etter-sin-doed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130123528/https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/34xw8X/norsk-youtube-stjerne-hylles-etter-sin-doed |archive-date=30 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2021 interview, Fredriksen attributed much of Eckhoff's international success to him not speaking often in his content beside making strange noises, and to what Fredriksen deemed to be the absurdist humour present in his videos.<ref name=VG/> NRK journalist Sigurd Øygarden Flæten attributed part of his success to his interactions with fans; Eckhoff made over 30,000 comments in reply to them.<ref name="NRK Podcast 2"/>{{rp|10:43}} Despite this success, Eckhoff remained humble,<ref name=Nordlys/> and did not make a living off his videos, earning a few hundred dollars a month in 2015.<ref name=friluftsliv/> He expressed that he only made videos for fun, and that he had not been trying to impart any messages with them.<ref name=Aftenposten/> His video production was, by his own words, a continuation of his interest in photography, which he developed in the 1980s.<ref name=Nordlys/>
==Reception== Eckhoff's videos were popular internationally, with the largest sections of his viewership being from European countries like Poland{{efn|In 2016, 70 to 80 percent of views came from Poland.<ref name=Dagbladet>{{cite web |last=Vellene |first=Endre |date=14 November 2016 |work=Dagbladet |language=nb |title=Det norske nettfenomenet "Apetor" er tilbake: Skjærer ut isbadekaret med motorsag |trans-title=The Norwegian web phenomenen "Apetor" is back: Cuts frozen bath tub out with chainsaw |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/det-norske-nettfenomenet-apetor-er-tilbake-skjaerer-ut-isbadekaret-med-motorsag/65125669 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114225359/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/det-norske-nettfenomenet-apetor-er-tilbake-skjaerer-ut-isbadekaret-med-motorsag/65125669 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=registration |quote=- 70–80 prosent av visningene kommer fra Polen. |trans-quote=- 70–80 percent of views are from Poland.}}</ref>}} and Russia, but also in the United States;<ref name=Roenningen/> in 2016, Eckhoff recounted the story of how two Polish fans arrived at his home in the rural village of Kodal, where they bathed in a bathtub featured on his channel after enquiring about it. He posited that his popularity in Poland in particular was due to their cultural tendencies of vodka-drinking and winter swimming.<ref name=Dagbladet/> He became the first Norwegian YouTuber over the age of 50 to acquire one million subscribers,<ref name=Rowe>{{cite news |last=Rowe |first=Asle |date=29 November 2021 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Hyller "Apetor": – Jeg vil gå så langt som å kalle det kunst |trans-title=Salutes "Apetor": – I'd go so far as to call it art |url=https://www.sb.no/hyller-apetor-jeg-vil-ga-sa-langt-som-a-kalle-det-kunst/s/5-73-1399044 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206181231/https://www.sb.no/hyller-apetor-jeg-vil-ga-sa-langt-som-a-kalle-det-kunst/s/5-73-1399044 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> which alongside his subscriber count of 1.2 million by the time of his death,<ref name=VG/> made him one of the most popular YouTubers in Norway.<ref name=friluftsliv>{{cite news |last=Gåsholt |first=Kåre |date=16 February 2015 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Ingen formidler friluftsliv som Tor (50) |trans-title=No one communicates the outdoors quite like Tor (50) |url=https://www.sb.no/ingen-formidler-friluftsliv-som-tor-50/s/5-73-30421 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207150540/https://www.sb.no/ingen-formidler-friluftsliv-som-tor-50/s/5-73-30421 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> In spite of his international success, only 1.5 percent of his views came from his own country.<ref>{{cite news |last=Børresen |first=Erik |date=25 February 2021 |work=Oppland Arbeiderblad |language=Norwegian Bokmål |title=YouTube-fenomenet "Apetor" balanserer på iskanten på Mjøsa – har nådd 150.000 visninger på to dager |trans-title=YouTube phenomenon "Apetor" balances on the ridge in Mjøsa – has achieved 150 000 views in two days |url=https://www.oa.no/youtube-fenomenet-apetor-balanserer-pa-iskanten-pa-mjosa-har-nadd-150-000-visninger-pa-to-dager/s/5-35-1286139 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220408075538/https://www.oa.no/youtube-fenomenet-apetor-balanserer-pa-iskanten-pa-mjosa-har-nadd-150-000-visninger-pa-to-dager/s/5-35-1286139 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Clips of his videos have appeared on major television channels in Norway and internationally, including on the Norwegian news channel TV 2, on the American network G4, and on the American news network CBS, all in 2011,<ref name=VB/> in addition to an appearance on the Australian breakfast show programme ''Sunrise'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brøske |first=Bjørn Tore |date=2 January 2017 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Nå er han blitt kjendis også i Australia: Apetors julebad med motorsag sett av en halv million |trans-title=Celebrity in Australia too: Apetor's chainsaw christmas dip seen by half a million |url=https://www.sb.no/sandefjord/apetor/isbading/na-er-han-blitt-kjendis-ogsa-i-australia-apetors-julebad-med-motorsag-sett-av-en-halv-million/s/5-73-329616 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103133402/https://www.sb.no/sandefjord/apetor/isbading/na-er-han-blitt-kjendis-ogsa-i-australia-apetors-julebad-med-motorsag-sett-av-en-halv-million/s/5-73-329616 |archive-date=3 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> On a 2012 episode of the Norwegian entertainment programme ''{{Interlanguage link|Norge Rundt|no}}'', he talked about several TV stations getting into contact with him, notably the British TV show ''Rude Tube'', alongside several other unspecified American, French and Japanese ones.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=24. februar 2012 |url=https://tv.nrk.no/serie/norge-rundt/2012/DVNR04000812/avspiller |access-date=7 December 2021 |series=Norge Rundt |first=Vibeke |last=Lund Pettersen |network=NRK |station=NRK1 |date=24 February 2012 |season=2012 |time=21:49 |quote=Jeg har fått henvendelser fra amerikanske tv-stasjoner, Rude Tube i England, en fransk tv-stasjon og noen japanske. |trans-quote=I've received enquires from American TV stations, Rude Tube in England, a french TV station and some Japanese. |language=nb |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208165406/https://tv.nrk.no/serie/norge-rundt/2012/DVNR04000812/avspiller |url-status=live }}</ref>
Eckhoff has remarked on the ability of his content to affect the global perception of Norway: "[H]ere the tourism industry is, working to bring tourists here, and then I arrive tearing the whole thing down. It's become a bit like "polar bears in the streets"{{efn|A stereotype of Norway.<ref>{{cite web |last=McKeegan |first=Carrie |date=29 March 2012 |work=PocketCultures |title=Aslak: Enjoying the outdoors and family life in Oslo, Norway |url=https://pocketcultures.com/2012/03/29/aslak-from-norway/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410045346/https://pocketcultures.com/2012/03/29/aslak-from-norway/ |archive-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} because of it all. Do they really believe all Norwegians do these kinds of things?"{{efn|Original Norwegian quote: "[H]er jobber reiselivsbransjen med å få turister til å komme hit, og så kommer jeg og river ned hele greia. Men det har blitt litt sånn "isbjørn i gatene" over det hele. Tror de virkelig alle nordmenn gjør sånn her?"}}<ref name=VB/> Others have corroborated these thoughts, like Kåre Gåsholt of Sandefjords Blad, referring to him as the likely biggest private disseminator of nature in Norway.<ref name=friluftsliv/> Tourism in Sandefjord, the town he lived in, experienced a surge due to his channel. In 2018, for example, a group of 16 tourists arrived from Szczecin, Poland, to swim in the waters, with Eckhoff showing up to greet them. Many of the tourists also made recurrent visits to the town.<ref>{{cite news |last=Møller |first=Atle |date=27 January 2018 |work=Sandefjords Blad |title=Fra Polen til Vøra for å vinterbade |trans-title=From Poland to Vøra to go swimming |url=https://www.sb.no/vora-camping-og-badestrand/polen/turister/fra-polen-til-vora-for-a-vinterbade/s/5-73-639764 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211202092435/https://www.sb.no/vora-camping-og-badestrand/polen/turister/fra-polen-til-vora-for-a-vinterbade/s/5-73-639764 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
The unique content featured in Eckhoff's videos has been labelled artistic, with {{Interlanguage link|Ivar Steen-Johnsen|no}} of {{Interlanguage link|Nordic Screens|no}} noting his ability to "strike a nerve that crosses borders" with his videos. He continued that Eckhoff's humour would "live long across the entire world".<ref name=Rowe/> Writing on his silent, yet humorous demeanor, Rafał Krause of {{Interlanguage link|Newonce|pl|Newonce.radio}} compared him to Mr. Bean, adding further that his dynamic editing, with frequent changes of perspective, was akin to avant-garde cinema.<ref name=Newonce/>
===Danger=== For all their popularity, his stunts had not been without criticism, with some comparing them to Russian roulette.<ref name=Kritikk>{{cite news |last=Brøske |first=Bjørn Tore |date=10 February 2021 |work=Jarlsberg Avis |language=nb |title="Apetor" avviser kritikken mot at han gikk på skøyter på Eikern: – Hvis man vet hva man skal gjøre og har ispigger, går det gjerne greit |trans-title="Apetor" dismisses critique against skating on Eikern – If you know what you're doing and have ice claws, then it's usually fine |url=https://www.jarlsbergavis.no/apetor-avviser-kritikken-mot-at-han-gikk-pa-skoyter-pa-eikern-hvis-man-vet-hva-man-skal-gjore-og-har-ispigger-gar-det-gjerne-greit/s/5-26-291257 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204214005/https://www.jarlsbergavis.no/apetor-avviser-kritikken-mot-at-han-gikk-pa-skoyter-pa-eikern-hvis-man-vet-hva-man-skal-gjore-og-har-ispigger-gar-det-gjerne-greit/s/5-26-291257 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Analysts on Discovery Channel, for example, stated that his alcohol intake mixed with extreme cold to be deadly, concluding that the reason he was able to resist the cold as well as he could while swimming was due to being intoxicated, after noting the diminishing amount of alcohol left in the bottle between video takes. Eckhoff refuted their comments, stating that they were "inventing facts" about the circumstances. He explained that he had only drunk a few sips, adding that the decreasing alcohol level was due to him filming on separate days with different bottles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gåsholt |first=Kåre |date=20 January 2013 |work=Tønsberg Blad |language=nb |title=Tor (48) tilbakeviser at han drikker seg full for å tåle kulda |trans-title=Tor (48) refutes that he gets drunk to resist the cold |url=https://www.tb.no/nyheter/tb/nyheter/tor-48-tilbakeviser-at-han-drikker-seg-full-for-a-tale-kulda/s/2-2.516-1.7730596 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211127104617/https://www.tb.no/nyheter/tb/nyheter/tor-48-tilbakeviser-at-han-drikker-seg-full-for-a-tale-kulda/s/2-2.516-1.7730596 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In February 2021, after the production of a video at lake Eikern, Eckhoff described being scolded after clambering out of the lake by someone concerned for his safety.<ref name=Kritikk/> Although frequently acquiring scrapes and cuts in the video process,<ref name=Roenningen/> he disagreed with the sentiments that the stunts he performed were dangerous, saying "Many regard falling through ice as life-threatening, but if you know what you're doing and have ice claws, then it's usually fine."{{efn|Original Norwegian quote: "{{lang|no|Mange ser på det å gå gjennom isen som livsfarlig, men hvis man vet hva man skal gjøre og har ispigger, går det gjerne greit.}}"}} He further added with a smile: "I shouldn't be cocky, I could very well die out here someday."{{efn|Original Norwegian quote: "{{lang|no|Jeg skal ikke være kjepphøy, og kan hende dør jeg der ute en gang}}"{{sic}}}}<ref name=Kritikk/> On previous occasions he had mentioned rehearsing falling through ice adequately enough to justify his activities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gåsholt |first=Kåre |date=16 February 2011 |orig-date=3 February 2011 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Videoen til Tor (46) sett over 940.000 ganger |trans-title=Tor's (46) video seen over 940 000 times |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/videoen-til-tor-46-sett-over-940-000-ganger/s/2-2.428-1.6003518 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207185210/https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/videoen-til-tor-46-sett-over-940-000-ganger/s/2-2.428-1.6003518 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> This was in light of a near-fatal ice-skating accident he experienced in 2007, when he fell through the ice at lake Goksjø at night, after which he became determined to practice "going into the water, and getting back out again".<ref name=VB/>
==Other ventures== [[File:Harald Zwart, 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International (crop).jpg|thumb|alt=Harald Zwart talking at a convention|Eckhoff starred in the 2022 Harald Zwart film ''Lange Flate Ballær 3 (Long Flat Balls 3)'']] In May 2020, the video service Memmo, an online platform offering personalised video messages from celebrities, launched its Norwegian branch, with Eckhoff being one of the many taking part.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tucker |first=Charlotte |date=22 May 2020 |work=EU-Startups |title=Swedish startup Memmo, celebrity video message booking platform, expands to Norway |url=https://www.eu-startups.com/2020/05/swedish-startup-memmo-the-celebrity-video-message-booking-platform-launches-in-norway/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528235809/https://www.eu-startups.com/2020/05/swedish-startup-memmo-the-celebrity-video-message-booking-platform-launches-in-norway/ |archive-date=28 May 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> By December, he had created and sent 263 videos to buyers, with a large portion being birthday and Christmas greetings, for {{NOK|250}} apiece. He noted that he only made around {{NOK|50}} from each video due having to pay income tax on profits, and the platform taking 25%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Victoria Jane |date=13 December 2020 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=For 250 kroner kan denne Sandefjord-kjendisen gratulere deg med dagen: – Mer jobb enn det kan se ut som |trans-title=For 250kr, this Sandefjord celebrity can congratulate you on your birthday: – More work than it seems |url=https://www.sb.no/for-250-kroner-kan-denne-sandefjord-kjendisen-gratulere-deg-med-dagen-mer-jobb-enn-det-kan-se-ut-som/s/5-73-1248133 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211129211648/https://www.sb.no/for-250-kroner-kan-denne-sandefjord-kjendisen-gratulere-deg-med-dagen-mer-jobb-enn-det-kan-se-ut-som/s/5-73-1248133 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In an August 2021 video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Eckhoff revealed that he would partake in the 2022 Harald Zwart film ''Lange Flate Ballær 3'', the sequel to ''{{Interlanguage link|Lange Flate Ballær|no}}'' and ''Lange Flate Ballær 2'', with him playing a villain.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |date=2 August 2021 |work=Apetor |via=YouTube |title=Trip to Island 8 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhFTCwva_Q0 |time=3:40 |access-date=5 December 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128155704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhFTCwva_Q0&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Later the same month, he was pictured by press at a shooting of the film in Fredrikstad.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 August 2021 |work=Fredrikstad Blad |language=nb |title=Se hvem som var på filminnspilling |trans-title=See who was at the filming |url=https://www.f-b.no/se-hvem-som-var-pa-filminnspilling/g/5-59-2331843 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211201184254/https://www.f-b.no/se-hvem-som-var-pa-filminnspilling/g/5-59-2331843 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following month, he uploaded a teaser for the film to his channel.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |date=29 September 2021 |work=Apetor |via=YouTube |title=Teaser Long Flat Balls 3 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatRryTQcUo |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207182145/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatRryTQcUo |url-status=live }}</ref> Premiering in theatres on 1 April 2022,<ref>{{cite news |last=Berge |first=John |date=4 April 2022 |work=Kinomagasinet |language=Norwegian Bokmål |title=Slik ble Lange flate ballær III-åpningen |trans-title=Opening day for Lange Flate Ballær |url=https://kinomagasinet.no/artikkel/slik-gikk-lange-flate-ballaer-iii-apningen/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220408184219/https://kinomagasinet.no/artikkel/slik-gikk-lange-flate-ballaer-iii-apningen/ |archive-date=8 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Eckhoff starred among Samantha Fox, Ulrikke Brandstorp, and Harald Rønneberg, among others.<ref>{{cite news |work={{ill|Radio Rjukan|no}} |date=11 February 2022 |title=Den norske filmvåren 2022 |trans-title=The Norwegian Spring of Film 2022 |url=https://radiorjukan.no/kultur/den-norske-filmvaren-2022/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220316050940/https://radiorjukan.no/kultur/den-norske-filmvaren-2022/ |archive-date=16 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Death== On 26 November 2021, Eckhoff fell through the ice at Jakobs dam, a lake west of Kongsberg, while recording a video for his YouTube channel. After a witness reported hearing him calling for help, he was rescued by divers who performed CPR,<ref name=Nettavisen>{{cite news |last=Neira Torres |first=Mario Andrés |date=28 November 2021 |work=Nettavisen |language=nb |title=Tor Eckhoff omkom etter drukningsulykke i Kongsberg |trans-title=Tor Eckhoff died after drowning accident in Kongsberg |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/tor-eckhoff-omkom-etter-drukningsulykke-i-kongsberg/s/12-95-3424212008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128161116/https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/tor-eckhoff-omkom-etter-drukningsulykke-i-kongsberg/s/12-95-3424212008 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> before he was flown to Ullevål University Hospital by air ambulance. He died on 27 November at the hospital despite resuscitation attempts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walnum |first=Amanda Nordhagen |date=28 November 2021 |work=Dagbladet |language=nb |title=Tor Eckhoff gikk gjennom isen – døde |trans-title=Tor Eckhoff went through ice – died |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/tor-eckhoff-gikk-gjennom-isen---dode/74763462 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205350/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/tor-eckhoff-gikk-gjennom-isen---dode/74763462 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The police reported that a hole had been cut into the ice of the lake, that he was alone at the scene of the accident, and that foul play was not suspected. His identity as the victim of the drowning was not disclosed until 28 November, when police reported on his death in a press release, with his family aware that his death was to be made public. At the time of his death, his channel had 1.2 million subscribers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gjerde |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Strand |first2=Tonhild S. |date=28 November 2021 |work=Sandefjords Blad |language=nb |title=Youtube-profil døde etter å ha gått gjennom isen |trans-title=YouTube profile died after falling through ice |url=https://www.sb.no/youtube-profil-dode-etter-a-ha-gatt-gjennom-isen/s/5-73-1398479 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207085947/https://www.sb.no/youtube-profil-dode-etter-a-ha-gatt-gjennom-isen/s/5-73-1398479 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
His last video, titled "I am Not Dead, I am 57 Today", was uploaded on 22 November 2021, five days before his death.<ref name=Insider/> He had been uploading similar videos since 2017, celebrating his birthday every year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zhāng |first=Yòuníng |date=1 December 2021 |work=EBC News |language=zh|title=百萬Youtuber生日喊：我沒有死 5天後意外墜湖亡 |trans-title=Mega-YouTuber's Birthday Shout: "I'm Not Dead", Dies 5 Days Later After Falling Into Lake |url=https://news.ebc.net.tw/news/world/290662 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201221403/https://news.ebc.net.tw/news/world/290662 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |url-status=live |quote=他從2017年開始，每年的11月22日都會發布一支以「我沒有死」為標題的影片為自己慶生。|trans-quote=Since 2017, he had been releasing a video entitled "I Am Not Dead" every year to celebrate his birthday}}</ref> In the comment section of the video, he received an outpouring of support after his death, including comments from the aforementioned 4ETG, and from notable individuals like musicians Alan Walker and PelleK.<ref name=VG/> Similar sentiments of grief were expressed in the comments of his other videos for several days after his death, in addition to various other social media platforms, including Facebook, Reddit, and the Polish Wykop, where internet users conveyed how their holidays would be sad in his absence. Candles were also lit in his memory by fans outside the {{ill|Norges ambassade i Praha|no|lt=Norwegian embassy in Prague}}, Czechia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Godziński |first=Bartosz |date=7 December 2021 |work={{Interlanguage link|Spider's Web (website)|pl|Spider's Web (portal internetowy)|lt=Spider's Web}} |language=pl |title=Śmierć Apetora zdruzgotała fanów, ale jego twórczość podzieliła widzów |trans-title=The death of Apetor devastated fans, but general audiences were divided |url=https://spidersweb.pl/rozrywka/2021/12/07/youtuber-apetor-nie-zyje-internauci-smierc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207202415/https://spidersweb.pl/rozrywka/2021/12/07/youtuber-apetor-nie-zyje-internauci-smierc |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
His funeral was held at {{Interlanguage link|Orelund chapel|no|Orelund kapell og gravlund}} in Sandefjord on 7 December. After the ceremony, his bier was transferred to {{ill|Ekeberg graveyard|no|Ekeberg kapell og gravlund}}.<ref name="Våre Minnesider">{{cite web |publisher=Bøe Begravelsesbyrå |language=nb |title=Tor Eckhoff |via=Våre Minnesider |url=https://boebegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/print_funeral_info.php?order_id=3952528&sign=d99499ac49a77985945a04f0ccb4db5a |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204184533/https://boebegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/print_funeral_info.php?order_id=3952528&sign=d99499ac49a77985945a04f0ccb4db5a |archive-date=4 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Eckhoff is the namesake of the stonefly species ''Protonemura apetor'', which was first described in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Murányi |first1=Dávid |last2=Manko |first2=Peter |last3=Kovács |first3=Tibor |last4=Vinçon |first4=Gilles |last5=Žiak |first5=Matej |date=31 July 2023 |journal=Zoosymposia |volume=24 |pages=155–198 |title=Contribution to the ''Protonemura'' Kempny, 1898 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) of the Caucasus |doi=10.11646/zoosymposia.24.1.17 |issn=1178-9913|quote=We dedicate this species to the memory of Tor Eckhoff (1964–2021) aka Apetor. }}</ref>
Eckhoff's life was depicted over three episodes of the podcast series {{lang|no|Historier fra virkeligheten}} ("Stories from Reality") published by NRK in October 2023. It was created by Sigurd Øygarden Flæten based on interviews with Eckhoff's family and friends.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lutnæs Aas |first=Magnus |date=26 October 2023 |work=Sandefjords Blad |issue=125/2023 |page=10 |title=Nå er "Apetor" blitt podkast |trans-title=Apetor Now Podcast |language=Norwegian Bokmål}}</ref>
==Selected videography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Top 10 most-viewed Apetor videos on YouTube<br /> ! align="center" | # ! Video name ! Views (millions) ! align="center" data-sort-type="date" | Upload date ! class="unsortable" | Video |- | align="center" | 1. | "The First Snow 4" | align="center" | 105.9 | align="right" | 17 November 2017 | align="center" | <ref name="First Snow" group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=17 November 2017 |work=Apetor |title=The First Snow 4 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFi-xf9kMnI |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320151441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFi-xf9kMnI |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 2. | "The First Snow 5" | align="center" | 28.9 | align="right" | 8 November 2018 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=8 November 2018 |work=Apetor |title=The First Snow 5 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XR6XNSeSU |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316192030/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XR6XNSeSU |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 3. | "The Haircut" | align="center" | 22.0 | align="right" | 7 August 2018 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=7 August 2018 |work=Apetor |title=The Haircut |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaRGjKwPgic |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320151006/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaRGjKwPgic |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 4. | "On Thin Ice 9" | align="center" | 18.5 | align="right" | 12 February 2019 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=12 February 2019 |work=Apetor |title=On Thin Ice 9 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmIoZxdwLTY |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316192032/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmIoZxdwLTY |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 5. | "The Dog" | align="center" | 16.4 | align="right" | 15 November 2014 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=15 November 2014 |work=Apetor |title=The Dog |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vteu0mR82WM |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316191844/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vteu0mR82WM |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 6. | "Trip to Car Cemetery, Båstnäs Sweden" | align="center" | 16.2 | align="right" | 15 June 2019 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=15 June 2019 |work=Apetor |title=Trip to Car Cemetery, Båstnäs Sweden |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3Mle8bYdk |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316191846/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3Mle8bYdk |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 7. | "The First Snow 3" | align="center" | 15.4 | align="right" | 13 November 2016 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=13 November 2016 |work=Apetor |title=The First Snow 3 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxA9O2WW138 |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320151539/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxA9O2WW138 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 8. | "The First Snow 6" | align="center" | 12.8 | align="right" | 15 November 2019 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=15 November 2019 |work=Apetor |title=The First Snow 6 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Q7oXIfuqc |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316191944/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Q7oXIfuqc |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 9. | "The First Snow" | align="center" | 9.1 | align="right" | 15 November 2012 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=15 November 2012 |work=Apetor |title=The First Snow |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pvn6hKC5FM |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316191839/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pvn6hKC5FM |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | align="center" | 10. | "Merry Christmas 2016" | align="center" | 8.7 | align="right" | 22 December 2016 | align="center" | <ref group="‡">{{Cite video |last=Ekchoff |first=Tor |date=22 December 2016 |work=Apetor |title=Merry Christmas 2016 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6plKMU0tTTk |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105193848/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6plKMU0tTTk |url-status=live }}</ref> |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="7" align="center" |<small>Video view counts sourced from YouTube; accurate {{As of|lc=y|2025|November|12}}.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Eckhoff |first=Tor |work=Apetor |title=Apetor videos – sorted by most popular |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/c/apetor/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316191848/https://www.youtube.com/c/apetor/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid |url-status=live }}</ref></small> |}
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