Erik Bye

Erik Erikssønn Bye (March 1, 1926 – October 13, 2004) was a Norwegian-American journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular radio and television figures in Norway.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rønnaug (née Dahl) and opera singer Erik Ole Bye, his family moved home to Norway when he was six years old. After a few years in Ringerike they settled in the Nordstrand borough in Oslo, where they took over a bed and breakfast. In his teens, Bye joined the Norwegian resistance movement during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II. Following the war, he returned to the United States for his university education, studying English, journalism and drama at Midland Lutheran College, Nebraska and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. During his studies he also traveled extensively throughout the United States, taking odd jobs and gathering impressions.

Bye was married to politician Tove Billington Jørgensen from 1953 until his death from cancer, which took place in Hvalstad, Asker, Norway.

Filmography 1961: I faresonen 1966: Reisen til havet as Hilmar

Discography Vi går ombord (1960) Erik Bye Synger Skjæraasen (1966) Jeg Vet en Vind (1972) Gjensyn (1974) Gammel Er Min Fjord (1974) Blow Silver Wind (1976) En Dobbel Deylighet (1978) with Birgitte Grimstad Norske Folketoner (1978) Vandring på Vår Herres Klinkekule (1985) Langt Nord i Livet (1994) En sang under skjorta- Et Visevalg Fra Skattkammeret (1995) I dur og brott (2003) with Royal Norwegian Navy Band