– Ready?
The door is ajar, you just have to go straight in, right? For those who followed the reality show “Alle elsker David”, the majestic, high-ceilinged apartment on Bygdøy Boulevard is well known. The room on the left has become the children’s room, it seems, but otherwise everything is like on TV, and here comes Disco champing at the bit with his Gucci necklace. The dog was introduced in season one, episode 11, and right behind him comes David Eriksen himself with his chalk-white gospel smile, which he fixed in season three, episode nine.
Now he just needs to change, he says, then he’s ready. In fact, his new girlfriend is in the kitchen, she is cleaning the kitchen counter and drying it. 33-year-old Louise Angelica Riise was introduced in episode three of the latest season.
– Hello, he says sweetly and shakes his hand, and lo and behold, David Eriksen is back.
Through the TV series “Alle elsker David” viewers can see a different Oslo. David Eriksen (56) is what you might call a forward-thinking guide.
Photo: Donations sign
He took off the turtleneck sweater he wore on Good Morning Norway. They were there together and talked about the photos taken by paparazzi in Marbella last summer. It was a shock, but all is forgiven. And by the way:
– A photographer will arrive in an hour.
– OK, but then we’ll open for you.
– Hiscorrects Louise Angelica.
– I am currently taking a Norwegian course, explains David Eriksen.
– Louise corrects me all the time and I’ve become quite good at it AND AND When. AND When …
He looks at her, no reaction.
– AND When When I first learned about it, I hear everyone saying it wrong all the time.
– I also correct my four-year-old daughter, says Louise Angelica.
– He learned that he must put others before himself. He says mom and me, not mom and me.
– So – have you become partners now?
– NO, they both say.
– No we are not. She still has her own apartment in Bærum, so for now…
– …then I’m a maid, she says.
A running track has been set up under the grand piano in the innermost living room.
Disco the dog was introduced in season 1, episode 11 of the TV series about David Eriksen.
Photo: Donations sign
Raised the jante law
– To all Aftenposten readers who have not seen the TV series Alle elsker David…
– Yes, I imagine there are quite a few.
– … what would you say it is?
– I can say what I imagined, he says and begins a longer explanation on the reality show that has been airing for five seasons on TV2 Play.
Meanwhile, let’s take the short version: the Eccentric People agency is involved lifestyle managementand through almost 80 episodes we were able to follow the employees and more fat people that says gave rise to the Jante law AND the Norwegian stuffAS gutser AND benefits from. It’s a sparkling life of champagne with blue skies, beautiful cars, expensive watches, exclusive clothes, fast boats, beautiful women as models and extroverted men. There are family dinners, shopping, breakups, yes, it’s like a little Hollywood in the west of Oslo.
– … so in summary, concludes David Eriksen.
– … you will be able to know the daily life of famous profiles and at the same time get to know me, my family and my private life. It’s not for everyone, she says, stops, smiles.
– But it is also Some.
People have already seen her living room at Frogner. It happens that David Eriksen thinks “oh my God, what have I shown on TV!”.
Photo: Donations sign
Not for mom
It was just when he was about to start a new agency that he agreed to do television.
– I had been asked this question several times, and when we founded Eccentric People and the TV issue resurfaced…
– So you had something to gain from it?
– Yes, because I’m starting to grow, and two new generations of managers will arrive behind me. The competition is fantastic. So it was like, shit, I need to mind my own business and use this opportunity to brand us. The idea was eight to ten episodes, which were initially supposed to be about work, but which eventually involved the whole family. And then some people liked it.
– It was a guilty pleasure.
– I’m happy when people say they saw it, but at the same time embarrassed, because then it’s like that.Oh my God, what did I show on TV!». But I think: I am 56 years old and all my life I have been lucky enough to be able to work with what I dreamed of, and I thank God that I was given this opportunity. And then some random guy on the street won’t be able to shake what I have here, he says, holding his hand over his heart.
– Are you brave?
– Brave or stupid, it’s a balancing act, hehe.
– When the most intimate things are shown on TV, do you think “I hope he or she isn’t watching”?
– So, many times I thought: I hope mum and dad don’t see this one. They are probably the two I have the most respect in the world.
The call
She was 17, he was 18. The year was 1965 and the engaged couple were at the annual summer convention of the Pentecostal movement in Hedmarkstoppen. One evening the missionaries came, they came from Africa, from Asia and finally one from Argentina. Then the young couple heard God’s call and they held hands. They were to allow others to experience the transforming power of Jesus.
In the summer of the following year clerk Solfrid Bratfoss from Ytre Enebakk married clerk Roar Eriksen from Kolbotn and in July 1967 they had their first child. They called him David, “the beloved.” After missionary training at Philadelphia Bible School and the Sharon Valley, they were ready for the mission field. On Tuesday, September 22, 1970, the family checked into Fornebu. Then three-year-old David had his little sister Liv Hanne.
– Life is long and you participate a lot, but then there are some things that remain. I remember the flight to Argentina, says David Eriksen.
– You do?
– Yes, but it could be because I saw it in the photo. But I remember the first year, when Liv and I were sitting in a sandbox outside our house in Rio Cuarto. We didn’t know a word of Spanish, but we watched the other children play. And I remember when I received my first school uniform, how proud I was.
– Then you would have moved, right?
– Yes, in Laboulaye, which was a smaller city. How Mom and Dad found that place, I have no idea, but I still remember our address: Rivadavia, three, nine and four. Rivadada, three, nine and four. There was a strong Catholic affiliation there, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with that, but Mom and Dad had come to preach an evangelical Protestant faith. I remember the first meetings, in small rooms, before it was possible to build a large church near the park.
David Eriksen didn’t have an Apache or Tomahawk motorcycle in Argentina, but something in between.
Photo: Private
– Did you speak Norwegian at home?
– Mom and dad spoke Norwegian to each other, but me and my… my sister and I I just wanted to speak Spanish. It was difficult for my parents to learn Spanish and at the same time speak Norwegian with us.
In September 1973 the Eriksen family suddenly returned to Norway.
– I was probably five or six years old when they found out I had a hip disorder. One of my legs had stopped growing, so I was limping. Mom and Dad probably had more faith in the Norwegian healthcare system than the Argentine one, she says.
The diagnosis was Calvé-Legg-Perthes disease, a rare hip defect. Poor blood supply can cause the head of the femur to crumble.
– I only remember a few visits to the doctor and being told that I would have to lie down for nine months. But I let it go because something happened.
– Did they ask you?
– Mmm, he says.
– Was it the doctors or Our Lord who healed you?
– A doctor would probably say it was for one reason or another, but if you ask my father he has no doubts. Dad thinks it was a miracle from God. I couldn’t wait to get back to my friends in Laboulaye.
Again at home
After eight years the Eriksen family finally arrived in Norway. It was the year Argentina hosted the soccer World Cup.
– The day Argentina played the decisive match against Peru, in June 1978, we were sitting on the plane to go home. We watched the final between Argentina and Holland on TV at home, in my uncle and aunt’s living room, together with our cousins.
– In Ytre Enebakk?
– YES. And the fact that Argentina became world champion in football probably made my life easier. Having Argentinian roots was a bit of a luxury and something I could strive for. Because I didn’t know Norwegian.
– Nothing?
– So, I knew a word or two, but I didn’t speak in sentences. Coming to school, having blond hair, speaking with a broken voice and being laughed at: Jai heterrr Daaaviiid. No, away with the Spaniards!
And then he discovered music.
– Interest in music exploded, because over there it was mostly local music. I had barely heard of Elvis, if you understand, and I remember the first time I heard Abba. It was WOW! It was like I found them and just, “Did you hear…!?” And my friends: “I’m Abba, yes.” And I’m like, “Oh, yeah.” My uncle Rune Bratfoss was a jazz rock and fusion music producer and produced records for numerous Christian bands. I got to hang with him in the studio here in Oslo, and it was a big, scary city.
He had learned the guitar from his father when he was six, now it was drums and keyboards.
He founded the band Progress, the year after Alpha, from IC Eyes, who toured with A-ha and opened for Tina Turner at Valle Hovin. “The question here is not how much the world summit will become a fact, but how quickly it will happen,” wrote Østlands-Posten. Then he disappeared behind the levers, became a mind that produced music. He was known in music circles, otherwise unknown, until he became a judge on the third season of Idol, and that was all he needed at the time. David Eriksen has become a national celebrity.
Idol was one of many discoveries for David Eriksen. Here in 2005, the judge with the light bangs is together with his colleagues Tone-Lise Skagefoss, Tor Milde and Ole Evenrud (th). PHOTO: Svein Erik Furulund
Photo: Photo: Svein Erik Furulund
– When did you break with the Pentecostals?
– I don’t know if I broke down, but the first time I thought about it hey and ah, that’s how it should beit was when I was no longer allowed to play the drums in the Enebakk congregation.
– Have you started to doubt?
– Well, the question was more HI?! It is written in the book of Psalms that they praise God with drumming and dancing. After all, the conservative attitude is man-made. Then I began to doubt not God himself, but that dude 78 years old will tell me that drums shouldn’t come into the house here.
– Are you still a believer?
– You either believe in God or you don’t believe in God, and I like to think there’s something there.
– Which Bible verse was most important to you?
– No, I don’t have anything concrete, but I’ve always thought the Ten Commandments are brilliant. Not all of them are so easy to hold, but it’s a good place to start. Yes, there’s one from the book of Psalms: “The Lord is my shepherd”…
He doesn’t remember everything, but he says this: “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green meadows, he leads me to waters where I find rest.”
– Faith has been a major factor in a number of ups and downs, and I’ve definitely had some. Where I felt alone and thought: Now I don’t know what I’m doing. Who can you talk to then? Or a psychologist or God. It was nice to have that security there.
– Surely you chose both?
– YES! But over the years there has been more God than psychologist. I’m good at turning lows into highs, pushing myself out of them. Therefore, I am no longer so afraid of recessions. Subject to: illness and death. It’s something completely different.
– Are you praying?
– So it’s strange about faith, because every now and then I can have little selfish things and think: now I have to pray to God. But then all the crap in the world happens. So if he’s there, do I really think my little problem is a priority? How superficial I can be, for example. But I feel like I’m good enough, maybe not every day, but I think, “Thank God I’m so good.” But, he says and adds:
– I wish I was better! Everyone wants more, we humans are created like that, we always want that little bit more, because we know it exists. But then you have to take a step back and be grateful for what you have.
Before Christmas, David Eriksen went on a rampage. He had been in Finnmark, came to Tromsø, woke up and felt dizzy.
– I was out of balance, to put it mildly. When you’ve never been sick, you take life a little for granted, and then boom, happens. Then I understood I something to think about.
He has been on sick leave for four weeks and had surgery this week for chronic sinusitis.
– They’ll open and then it’ll probably be another couple of weeks.
David on a motorbike with his little brother Thomas. Attpåklatten was born in 1983 and today is a music producer in Los Angeles.
Photo: Private
The celebrity industry
– What will it take to make it as a world celebrity in 2024?
– There has to be more than just the fact that you’re good at pictures and writing cute captions. You have to be good at something and have the energy, will and courage to step out of your comfort zone. But the most important thing is to have some basics, there must be talent at the base.
– What is the advantage of being a celebrity?
– Celebrity is a business, and with a famous face some doors open. It makes doing business easier. But I’m not sure Paradise Hotel is the key to a good life.
– You are 56 years old. When do you feel old?
– Occasionally at work, where the average age is 28. When I have to try to understand all the new things happening on Snapchat or Tiktok, I feel old – and sometimes when I exercise: wasn’t it easier before, then?
– Young people give energy, but do we also need to take energy?
– It sucks my life force! A boss must encourage and educate his employees, and when I come home here, I can be completely empty. Then I can spend two or three hours on the couch and recover.
– And at the same time you have a new girlfriend who is much younger than you?
– Yes, I understood that it was the sequel. There was no plan and the last time I became single I said to myself: in a new relationship, he should be at least 37-38 years old, preferably 40-43 and above. Anything, it doesn’t matter, because it’s about chemistry. It just became that way. Love wins.
– Do you occasionally feel the desire for existential depth in life?
– It’s clear that when you work in such a superficial world like me, I feel it. But with an all-consuming job, you miss it a little. At the same time I carry with me the legacy of mum and dad, of lending a hand. After all, we have partnered with Fattighuset and Blue Cross.
– And it’s not just for TV?
– It’s certainly not for TV.
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Which of your characteristics do you hope your children don’t inherit?
I started thinking a little too late in life and I hope they start earlier and get better at thinking further than their nose can reach, and don’t bet it all on one card. And don’t say yes too much.
What’s your guilty pleasure?
Travelling. Surely he must be guilty in our time?
What’s your favorite sound?
The sea! It’s the most beautiful sound there is. Then I change personality.
Which song meant the most to you?
“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. I’m not saying it’s the best song in the world, but it opened my eyes and ears. Lyrics and melody go hand in hand.
When was the last time you felt like a failure?
When my son finished his studies in London and didn’t dare tell me. Then I failed to communicate to him the most basic thing in the world: “My boy, you should be able to tell me everything.” It was heavy, then I felt like a failure.
What’s the most Norwegian thing you know?
Janteloven. It must therefore be possible to believe in what you are doing.
Name: David Eriksen (56) Show more ↓
Profession: Manager.
Education: After secondary school he enrolled directly as an apprentice painter in Elvebakken.
Bor: Apartment on Bygdøy street.
Marital status: Fiancée. She has son Lucas Zedine and daughter Andrea Zeline from a previous relationship.
2024-01-20 22:12:27
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