Atle Antonsen

Atle Antonsen

Atle Antonsen (born 11 August 1969 in Lillehammer) is a Norwegian comedian. He has participated in and contributed to several television and radio shows for NRK including XL and XLTV (1998-99), Ut i vår hage (2003), Team Antonsen (2004) and Tre brødre som ikke er brødre (2005) and has cooporated with Harald Eia, Bård Tufte Johansen, Espen Thoresen Hværsaagod, Kristopher Schau and Johan Golden amongst others.

He is known for his non-existing neck. In a sketch during Team Antonsen, he went to a store trying to buy a neck, a mission at which he could not succeed.

In the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2001 Atle Antonsen, together with Johan Golden, were candidates for Det Politiske Parti (The Political Party) a party formed as a satiric statement on modern politics.