Eli Skolmen Ryg is related to several actors; she is the mother of Anne Ryg, former mother-in-law of Harald Eia, sister of Jon Skolmen and aunt of Christian and Tine Skolmen.
He received the Norwegian Comedy Award's honorary prize for lifetime achievement in 2009.
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Jon Skolmen is the father of actors Christian and Tine Skolmen, brother of director Eli Skolmen Ryg and uncle of actors Anne Ryg and Hege Schøyen, with whom he played in the 1991 Swedish comedy Den ofrivillige golfaren.
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Skolmen also found a big audience in neighbouring Sweden co-starring in the five "Sällskapsresan" films as Ole Bramserud, the Norwegian sidekick of main character Stig Helmer-Olsson who was played by Swedish actor Lasse Åberg.
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