Background
He was born in Halden, and is an economist by education.
He was born in Halden, and is an economist by education.
He worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in the early 2000s before switching to television 2 in 2002. Together with Thomas Numme he hosted the first season of Idol in 2003, and then the Friday night show Senkveld. The duo has also hosted the Spellemannprisen award show.
In both 2006 and 2007 Rønneberg and Numme were awarded the Se og Hør readers" television personality of the year award.