Knut Aunbu

Knut Per Aunbu (September 4, 1943 – August 16, 2016 in Oslo) was a Norwegian writer, film scriptwriter, and producer at NRK.[1]

Aubnu was born in Oslo. He started his career at NRK in 1967 and remained there until his retirement in 2011. In the course of his 44-year career with NRK, he wrote and produced a series of television broadcasts and programs, including the films HurRah (1971), Toget (1977),[2] and To Norway, Home of Giants (1979),[1][3] as well as the mini-series Major von Knarren (1971).[1] He was also the host of the entertainment program Show-Show in 1974,[4] and he served as the commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest for NRK in 1980[1] and 1981.

Aunbu began his NRK career as technical manager and then worked his way up. Among other things, he worked as a recording manager, presenter, production and transmission manager, and editorial manager. He also became the channel manager for NRK1 in 2000, and he served as a program editor at NRK until he retired.[5]