Interview with Roald Dahl (1989)

Interview with Roald Dahl by Henry Notaker for the NRK.

The interview starts off in Norwegian, but eventually switches to English. The parts that are in Norwegian have been subtitled.
Also present is Roald's sisters, Else and Alfhild.

Original release: October 20, 1989, on current affairs programme MIKS.

[hyperpowerfulform]

Its somehow heartwarming hearing Roald Dahl talk in his home tongue. Norwegian is a pretty language by the sound of it.

[skarseth]

i havent heard him speak before, im proud to be a norwegian because of him

[patrickc]

I remember being home sick from school, in the late 80s, and my mom bringing home from a bookstore “The Twits”. I immediately loved it, read nearly all of his books over the following 3 years, and feeling so sad when he died when I was 9.

[rayoflight]

His like will never be seen again. David Walliams tries to imitate him but he's not in the same league.

[Inge.Borthne]

He's one of my favorite authors of all time.
I've read almost all his children-books and loves the way he writes them.

[mariusfjrtoft]

Oh. First time i’ve heard him speak Norwegian.

[garyfenlon]

Roald Dahl looks and sounds very well here, sad to think he would die the following year.

[rael]

I love listening to him, he's very erudite and worldly on the things that make life enjoyable. His life story is an incredible one and would make a fantastic film.

[BillyBronco]

On the road I live on in Cardiff there is a house with a blue plaque saying it is the site of the house Roald Dahl lived in as a boy. Apparently the house he lived in during the 1920s was destroyed by a fire in the 1960s. Great writer and an interesting man.

[Wrze]

As someone from the Northeast of England the Norwegian seems oddly familiar, particularly hearing young Roald referred to as a "bairn".

[eoinoconnor]

Norwegian is his first language, but he sounds like English is way easier for him to speak, due to the years he spent in boarding schools.

[Selendeki]

02:20 My mind might be playing tricks on me, but here he sounds like a Norwegian man speaking English. He has an accent

[rory]

God knows what they're talking about at the start. How much Roald hates driving through Golders Green?

[shadowweaver]

The mouth truly is everything and I realised that after covid. Very often I'd see people in a mask and think they were quite attractive UNTIL they removed the mask for a their mouth very often just either enhanced their beauty or made them far less appealing.

[wolftone]

He lived a great life. Would love to see an autobiography about his time in Washington. The real James Bond?

[englishguy]

How does his accent sound to a native Norwegian? Can someone describe it please.
I loved his books and have read every one to my daughter.

[DafyddBrooks]

did he ever speak welsh aswell, does anyone know???

[Lord-DJ]

Wow, he speaks Norweigish RP like a Brit!!

[jozxyqk]

He is an amazing man and a sexy grasshopper.

[Charlieseik]

I do not like that this is in another language.😠