Jon Skolmen

Between 1963 and 1981, Skolmen was employed by the Norwegian state broadcasting company, NRK, where he most notably co-wrote and appeared in the show The Nor-Way to Broadcasting alongside Trond Kirkvaag. The show won the Golden Rose of Montreux and the Chaplin Award at the Montreux Television Festival in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/jon-skolmen-er-dod-1.14491912|title=Jon Skolmen er død|first=Svein Vestrum|last=Olsson|date=28 March 2019|website=NRK|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328211445/https://www.nrk.no/kultur/jon-skolmen-er-dod-1.14491912|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}

He also appeared on British children's television.{{cite web|url=http://nettavisen.no/artikkel/3423639410|title=Skuespiller og komiker Jon Skolmen er død, 78 år gammel|last=NTB|website=Nettavisen|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-date=16 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216221343/https://www.nettavisen.no/livsstil/skuespiller-og-komiker-jon-skolmen-er-dod-78-ar-gammel/s/12-95-3423639410|url-status=live}} In 1971, he presented Play School for the BBC, though for only one week.{{cite web|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Jon_Skolmen|title=Jon Skolmen|first=Egil|last=Teige|date=28 March 2019|publisher=|accessdate=28 March 2019|via=Store norske leksikon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328211451/https://nbl.snl.no/Jon_Skolmen|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} He was also a regular presenter on the programme's Norwegian version, Lekestue. Here's A House, Volume 2, Paul R. Jackson, 2011 In 1981, he appeared in a one-off special co-produced by the BBC and NRK called Jon, Brian, Kirsti and Jon in which he appeared with his compatriot Kirsti Sparboe, and the British performers Brian Cant (with whom Skolmen co-wrote the script) and Jonathan Cohen.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b732276a1|title=Jon, Brian, Kirsti and Jon (1980)|website=BFI|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215746/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b732276a1|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1981-03-21|title=BBC Two England – 21 March 1981 – BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215746/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1981-03-21|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}

Skolmen found a large audience in neighbouring Sweden. He co-starred in the six Sällskapsresan films as the character Ole Bramserud, the Norwegian sidekick of main character Stig Helmer-Olsson who was played by Swedish actor Lasse Åberg.{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/jon-skolmen-dod-blev-78-ar/|title=Sällskapsresan-stjärnan Jon Skolmen är död – blev 78 år gammal|website=Expressen|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328212452/https://www.expressen.se/noje/jon-skolmen-dod-blev-78-ar/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} In the 1980s, he also co-starred in the Swedish sketch comedy show {{ill|Nöjesmassakern|sv}}, which was broadcast on SVT.{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/inloggad/sa-gick-det-efter-sallskapsresan/|title=Så gick det för skådisarna efter "Sällskapsresan"|accessdate=28 March 2019|website=Expressen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328212457/https://www.expressen.se/noje/inloggad/sa-gick-det-efter-sallskapsresan/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}

In 2007, Skolmen again collaborated with his former partner Trond Kirkvaag, when he starred in the sitcom Luftens helter, which was created shortly before Kirkvaag's death the same year.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/arkiv/artikkel/humor/pa-nett_-luftens-helter-1.3609494|title=På nett: Luftens helter|first=Ulrik Rongved|last=Amundsen|date=28 September 2007|website=NRK|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215746/https://www.nrk.no/arkiv/artikkel/humor/pa-nett_-luftens-helter-1.3609494|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}

Skolmen received the Komiprisen honorary prize for lifetime achievement in 2009.

Skolmen was the father of actors Christian and Tine Skolmen, brother of director Eli Skolmen Ryg and uncle of actors Anne Ryg and Hege Schøyen. He acted alongside Schøyen in the 1991 Swedish comedy film Den ofrivillige golfaren.{{cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/opEVJ7|title=Skuespiller og komiker Jon Skolmen er død, 78 år gammel|website=Verdens Gang|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-date=16 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216221334/https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/opEVJ7/skuespiller-og-komiker-jon-skolmen-er-doed-78-aar-gammel|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/det-hande-med-skadisarna-efter-sallskapsresan/|title="Sällskapsresan" – det här hände med skådisarna efter succéfilmerna|website=Expressen|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215746/https://www.expressen.se/noje/det-hande-med-skadisarna-efter-sallskapsresan/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}

He died on 28 March 2019 at the age of 78.

• 1980: Sällskapsresan[https://www.skd.se/2019/03/28/sallskapsresan-skadisen-jon-skolmen-ar-dod/ Jon Skolmen är död] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329135725/https://www.skd.se/2019/03/28/sallskapsresan-skadisen-jon-skolmen-ar-dod/ |date=29 March 2019 }} skd.se Retrieved 28 March 2019 as Ole Bramserud
• 1981: Sølvmunn as Father
• 1984: Men Olsenbanden var ikke død! as Vaktmesteren på Munchmuseet
• 1985: ...But the Olsen Gang Wasn't Dead{{cite web|url=https://www.adressa.no/pluss/kultur/2017/07/10/50-%C3%A5ringen-som-faller-pladask-for-datterens-venninne-15001703.ece|title=50-åringen som faller pladask for datterens venninne|first=Stefan|last=Kaliski|date=10 July 2017|website=adressa.no|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231058/https://www.adressa.no/pluss/kultur/2017/07/10/50-%C3%A5ringen-som-faller-pladask-for-datterens-venninne-15001703.ece|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1985: Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Mgy42R|title=Det vilda livet under "Snowroller"-inspelningen|website=Aftonbladet|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-date=16 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216221356/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/Mgy42R/okanda-svenskarna-om-det-vilda-livet-under-snowroller-inspelningen|url-status=live}} as Ole
• 1986: Plastposen{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/10512590/|title=Skuespiller og komiker Jon Skolmen (78) er død|first=TV 2|last=AS|website=TV 2|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328220728/https://www.tv2.no/a/10512590/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Reinert
• 1988: Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=16899|title=Folk och rövare i Kamomilla stad (1988) – Svensk Filmdatabas|publisher=|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231449/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=16899|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Butcher
• 1988: S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa{{cite web|url=https://www.svd.se/jon-skolmen-ar-dod|title=Folkkäre skådespelaren Jon Skolmen är död|first=Karin|last=Thurfjell|date=28 March 2019|publisher=|accessdate=28 March 2019|via=Svenska Dagbladet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328221558/https://www.svd.se/jon-skolmen-ar-dod|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Ole
• 1991: Den ofrivillige golfaren as Ole Bramserud
• 1993: Minns Ni?{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=17900|title=Minns Ni? (1993) – Svensk Filmdatabas|publisher=|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231305/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=17900|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} (archive footage)
• 1993: Hodet over vannet{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=19524|title=Huvudet över vattnet (1993) – Svensk Filmdatabas|publisher=|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231051/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=19524|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Policeman
• 1999: Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt{{cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-03-28/skadespelaren-jon-skolmen-ar-dod|title=Skådespelaren Jon Skolmen är död|website=Sydsvenskan|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328213236/https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-03-28/skadespelaren-jon-skolmen-ar-dod|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Ole Bramserud
• 2007: 5 løgner as Ole Gunnar
• 2009: Göta kanal 3 – Kanalkungens hemlighet{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/12-bilder-fran-jon-skolmens-karriar/|title="Sällskapsresan"-stjärnan Jon Skolmen är död – här är 12 bilder från karriären|website=Expressen|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215747/https://www.expressen.se/noje/12-bilder-fran-jon-skolmens-karriar/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Norrman
• 2011: Umeå4ever as Far
• 2011: The Stig-Helmer Story{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/film/the-stig-helmer-story/|title=The Stig-Helmer Story – Film – Expressen|website=Expressen|accessdate=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328220729/https://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/film/the-stig-helmer-story/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} as Ole Bramserud

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