Leo Ajkic

Leo Ajkic (born 21 November 1983 in Mostar in Yugoslavia) is a Norwegian-Bosnian presenter for radio and TV.

Leo Ajkic
Ajkic at Nordic Media Days 2013
Born	(1983-11-21) November 21, 1983 (age 40)
Citizenship	Norway
Occupations	actor television presenter talent manager
Employer	NMG/G-Huset
Honours	Fritt Ords honnør (2017) Ole Vig-prisen (2017) Jonas Prize (2019) Gullruten award for best TV host (2017) Gullruten award for best TV host (2022)

Background and work

Ajkic and his family fled Mostar because of the civil war in Yugoslavia. He participated in the circuit championship in mathematics when he lived in Bosnia.^[1] After four years on the run, they came to Norway. Ajkic was then eleven years old.^[2]

He began a university education with the subjects academic writing, Examen philosophicum, and social anthropology at the University of Bergen.^[3]

Ajkic started with TV in 2007 when he made two seasons of the series Kåk, Gate and the THC effect together with Synopsis Film for BTV, Bergens Tidende's TV channel. During the recording of Kåk, he threw a cat off Kjersti Berge's terrace, which got him reported by the organization Kattens Vern^[4] and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.^[5] Despite a storm of viewers and police reports, the case was dropped. In 2010 he joined NRK P3. In the summer of 2011, he was program manager for the Lifeguards and made the series Leo tester Hove two years in a row. In the autumn of 2011, he worked in Banden on P3, the Trygdekontoret on NRK3 and TV-aksjonen 2011 on NRK1. In the spring of 2012, he hosted the series Leo & de utstøtte on NRK P3 and in the autumn of 2012, he hosted the TV program Leo og u-landslaget on NRK3. In 2013 and 2014, he was the presenter of Typen til on NRK3, which was a sequel to Live Nelvik's Dama til from 2011. Ajkic was then one of the people Nelvik was "the lady to". He was nominated for the audience award in front of Gullruten 2013.^[6]

In January and February 2017, he was the presenter of the TV series Flukt on NRK1, where he gave an insight into the everyday life of some of those who flee. After the series, he was awarded Fritt Ord's honor prize. In the explanation, it is said, among other things, "transl. In Flukt, Ajkic has deliberately used his own background as a refugee to tell the personal and dramatic stories of refugees in Europe and Norway: Who are they, how do they live, what do they think, what do they dream about?". He was also named best male presenter during the Gullruten 2017^[7] and was nominated for the public television award, while the series won two further awards, including best documentary series.^[8]

Ajkic is the presenter of the documentary series Rus, which was produced in 2020 and 2021 by Pandora Film. The series is about Norwegian youth and drugs. It premiered on NRK TV and NRK1 on Monday, 18 October 2021.^{[9][10][11][12]} For the series, Ajkic won the Gullruten 2022 in the category best presenter – news, sport or current affairs.^[13]

Awards and achievements

• 2013: Nominated for Gullruten 2013, the audience award
• 2017: Fritt Ord's honor
• 2017: Gullruten 2017, best male presenter for Flukt
• 2017: Nominated for Gullruten 2017, the audience award for Flukt
• 2017: Ole Vig prize^[14]
• 2019: Jonasprisen^[15]
• 2022: Gullruten 2022, best presenter – news, sport or current affairs for Rus
• 2022: Nominated for Gullruten 2022, the audience award for Rus^[16]

References

1. Redaksjonen (2011-05-12). [NIGHT&DAY MEETS LEO AJKIC]. NATT&DAG (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
2. Grøtte, Marit (2017-01-17). "Leo Ajkic om tårene i "Flukt": – Ikke flau over å vise følelser" [Leo Ajkic about the tears in "Flukt": - Don't be embarrassed to show emotions] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
3. [The Bosnian without a tie]. Universitas (in Norwegian). 2012-02-28. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
4. "Reporter anmeldt for kattekasting" [Reporter reported for cat littering]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
5. "Mattilsynet raser mot henleggelse" [The Norwegian Food Safety Authority rages against closure]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
6. Jerijervi, Dag Robert (2023-06-07). "Leo Ajkic gjør rent bord i Gullrutens nyhets- og aktualitetspriser" [Leo Ajkic cleans the table in Gullruten's news and current affairs awards]. kampanje.com (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
7. Gullruten, Leo Ajkic, Dan Børge Akerø, Wenche Andersen, 2017-05-11, retrieved 2023-06-11{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
8. Carlsen, Marianne Rustad (2017-05-12). "Rørt Leo vant sin første Gullrute-pris" [Rørt Leo won his first Gullrute award]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
9. Sesong 1 [Season 1] (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2023-06-11
10. Christiansen, Lotten (2021-09-27). ""RUS" - Ny dokumentarserie med Leo Ajkic" ["RUS" - New documentary series with Leo Ajkic]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
11. "Vi trenger å bli opplyst" [We need to be enlightened]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
12. "Leo Ajkic med ny NRK-serie: – Rus kan være jævlig digg" [Leo Ajkic with new NRK series: - Intoxication can be damn good]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
13. Aschim, Thorvald (2022-05-07). "Hærland vant hedersprisen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
14. Slungård, Jon Håkon (2017-11-14). "Leo Ajkic får Ole Vig-prisen" [Leo Ajkic receives the Ole Vig award]. bladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
15. "Jonasprisen til Leo Ajkic" [The Jonas prize to Leo Ajkic]. University of Oslo (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
16. "Dette er de nominerte" [These are the nominees]. Se og Hør (in Norwegian). 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-06-11.

External links

• Leo Ajkic - category of images, video or audio on Commons
• Leo Ajkic at IMDb