Magnus S. Ronningen
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Magnus S. Rønningen (born Lillehammer 1979) is a Norwegian journalist, party promoter, screen writer and movie producer.
As the youngest journalist in years, Ronningen was hired straight out of high-school as a journalist for Dagbladet, one of Norway's largest newspaper with a daily readership of approx. 1 million.
In 2005 he won bronse in a Nordic Newsdesign competition for the magazine FREDAG, that he remade with his editor Eivind Eidslott.
His combination of 33% cocky attitude, 33% talent, 33% relentless work ethic and 100% good looks (as he would have phrased it himself) and a string of high-profile stories from the entertainment world of Norway quickly made him one of the most famous/infamous writers in the country.
Late fall 2004 Ronningen moved to Los Angeles. He has in later interviews stated that his ambitions are within the business of movie producing.
In 2006 a script he wrote with his friend, platinum-selling rapper Esben "Danish" Selvig (of the group Klovner i Kamp), received funding from the Norwegian Filmfund.
Together with his business partner, Thomas "The Finger" Gullestad, Ronningen has thrown some of the most renown parties in Norway. In the duration of 2007 they teamed up with the following international celebrities to host parties in Oslo and Trondheim: Snoop Dogg, Tommy Lee, Timbaland and Pussycat Dolls.
Voted one of Norway's 12 hottest guys by Norwegian magazine Woman in 2007[1].
2.July 2007 Magnus S. Ronningen and a visiting friend, the American billionaire and Bebe-founder Manny Mashouf, where headed for the Norwegian Quart-festival in Kristiansand when their sea plane had to make an emergency landing [2]. The story made headlines nationwide.
His joint-birthday party with party-partner DJ The Finger have escalted into an annual and national event. In 2007 over 4000 people attended five birthdays parties held in five Norwegian cities (Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Tromso) on five consecutive days in December 2007[3].
Close friends with renown polar explorer and Rolex-icon Erling Kagge.
