Bård Tufte Johansen

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In 2002 Bård Tufte Johansen, representing Åpen post, mocked the medias double set of morals^[1] when Thorbjørn Jagland—the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party—was hospitalised after sustained media pressure. Behind the TV reporter reporting live from outside the hospital, Tufte Johansen jumped around in a chicken costume, screaming out about media's treatment of Torbjørn Jagland. This raised significant controversy in Norway.

Bård Tufte Johansen (b. 19 June 1969) in Skien. He is a Norwegian comedian. Together with Harald Eia, he has been author of, and participated in, several successful NRK TV series, such as Lille Lørdag (1995), Åpen post (1998-2002), Ut i vår hage (2003), Team Antonsen (2004) and Tre brødre som ikke er brødre (2005). He has also done stand-up. Although his and Eia's humour is highly intelligent, he has raised controversy several times. In 2003 Bård had a role in the Norwegian movie: Lille Frøken norge. In 2004-2005 Bård and Harald had a radio-show called Tazte priv.

In the years 1988-1990 he was the vocalist of Norwegian progressive rock band Utopian Fields [1] [2] [3].

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