Arne Hjeltnes

Arne Hjeltnes (born 9 August 1963) is a Norwegian writer, television personality, marketer and politician.

He was born in Kristiansand, but grew up in Voss. He now lives in Snarøya in Bærum together with former television host Cathrine Gehrken and three female children. He first moved to Bærum in 1982 to attend the BI Norwegian Business School, but did not complete his siv.øk. studies. He also carried through his compulsory military service at the Allied Forces Northern Europe, Kolsås. He was hired as a market consultant in the Norwegian Savings Banks Association, then worked in a marketing agency before he started to work with television. He had the character "Ærlege Arne" (Honest Arne) in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation show Hotell in 1990. In 1992 he was hired in TV 2. In the mid-1990s he was a presenter in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio show Herreavdelingen for a short time.

He made his literary debut in 1993 with the poetry collection Den sumaren eg fylte diesel ("The Summer I Tanked with Diesel"). He later made his way as a humorist. The books Arne Hjeltnes ser på 549 TV-heltar and Når skaldyret vaknar followed in 1994 and 1995. In 1996 came Den vanvittige korte veien til rikdom og suksess, written with Roger Nielman.

In 1996 he made his breakthrough on television, as the host of the TV 2 travel show Gutta på tur, together with chef Arne Brimi and skiers Vegard Ulvang and Bjørn Dæhlie. For his work in Gutta på tur, Hjeltnes received Gullruten awards in 1998 and 2000. In both 1998 and 1999 he was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.

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