Gullruten 2019

Lars Monsen hit viewers right in the heart with his nature series. Hardhausen folk offers itself and never gives up.

Lars Monsen (56 years old) was indeed going to become a teacher. But perhaps, thanks to his many exciting TV series, he managed to reach many more Norwegians with his knowledge than he would have done behind the catheter?

Because there is no doubt that the wilderness and expedition traveler is a popular TV profile that has had a positive impact when it comes to getting Norwegians outdoors.

This year, the man from Oslo is one of the nominees for the prestigious Audience Award at the presentation of “Gullruten” on May 11. On April 30, those who received the most votes will be featured on Side2 and Her og Nå. Voting will take place until the awards ceremony in Bergen on May 11.

Won several times

This is not the first time that Lars Monsen has been nominated for a “Gullruten” award, and he has already won it several times.

In 2005, he won the award for best reality TV show with the expedition series “Across Canada”. It was his first television series on NRK.

Several series followed, including trips to Alaska, Norway and Nordkalotten, before Lars Monsen really became a household name with the NRK series “Ingen Grenser”.

Here the son of the wilderness took people with various disabilities on a very arduous and ambitious journey. The 30-day trip put the participants to the test physically, but also mentally.

Made the impossible possible

Lars Monsen motivated and supported, and managed to get the gang to help each other on the path to the goal.

It showed participants and viewers that the impossible was possible. The motivator succeeded in getting disabled people to cross the Nordkalotten.

For his efforts in “Ingen grenser”, Monsen was recognized with both the People’s Choice Award during “Gullruten” in 2010 and the program also won the best reality TV category in the same year.

Monsen also directed the second season of “Ingen Grenser”. The goal was then to reach the summit of Snøhetta, 2,286 meters above sea level, on Dovre.

The season averaged 1.2 million viewers and was a huge success for the public channel. In 2012, the second season won the “Gullruten” award in the best reality show category.

Television in a new way

The televised expeditions touched an entire nation. And these experiences also had an impact on Lars Monsen.

– I am happy to be allowed to participate. It changed me as a person. I learned that there are no obstacles, a satisfied presenter told Her og Nå in 2012.

Participants also praised the efforts of Lars Monsen.

Many said it gave them a new lease of life, that being on the TV series gave them a sense of control and self-confidence they had never experienced before.

Some of them have been victims of harassment for many years and have gone through great difficulties.

Lars Monsen also won an award during the “Route d’Or” in 2014, then for the new TV concept “Monsen and the dogs”.

The series followed the tough guy in his preparations as he attempted to become one of the best dog handlers in the world.

He has also had success in recent years with two seasons of “Monsen på villspor”.

Last summer there was a pure migration to Norway when NRK made “Monsen minutt for minutt”.

For hours every day for four whole weeks, the dashing march passed through Hardangervidda, through Jotunheimen, Vesterålen and inner Troms.

The 56-year-old is happy to be able to encourage people of all ages to care more about nature.

– What is important to me is to be able to help encourage people to go on a trip. When I hear that people, especially young people, want to go on a trip because they saw a TV series that I was in, then we did something right, he told Her og Nå last summer.

This topic was first published on 04/23, 2019 and last updated on 04/29, 2019.