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Vegard Ylvisåker (born May 19, 1979) is a Norwegian television host, comedian, singer, songwriter, musician and actor. Together with his brother Bård Ylvisåker, he is best known as part of the comedy duo Ylvis. He currently co-hosts the talk-show, I kveld med YLVIS ('Tonight with Ylvis') airing on TVNorge in Norway. In September of 2013, to promote the third season of their talk-show, Vegard and Bård released the video for the song, "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" which became a Youtube sensation with over 270 million views as of December 7, 2013.

Early Life
Vegard Ylvisåker was born in Sogn, Norway and is the oldest son of Hans Terje, an engineer and Helga Ylvisåker. He grew up in Bergen, Norway with younger brothers, Bård and Bjarte. His early childhood years were spent in Angola and Mozambique. According to mother Helga, both Ylvisaker and brother Bård began singing from a young age.

While they lived in Angola and Mozambique, both countries were in the midst of civil wars, forcing the brothers to spend a great deal of time in the house or within the compound where the family lived. Bård and Vegard attribute their close relationship to the restrictions placed on them. As Bård explains: "We were forced to stick together much because there was a civil war going on and we were kind of chained to our home. So that's probably why we are getting along so well, I would guess. There weren't a lot of others to play with ."

The family returned to Bergen and during his high school years, he was involved in theatre, choir and performed in variety shows. During a performance, he and Bård were discovered by Peter Brandt, who helped launch their careers as variety show performers.

Personal life
Ylvisåker married his long time girlfriend of 10 years, Helene Helgesen on July 2, 2011. The couple have two children together, Emma (born 2007) and Mads (born 2009).