In all the episodes, the actor has worn the same sweater. For one important reason. Now the story of the sweater has resulted in large donations to children in hospital.
Actor Kristoffer Olsen’s hoodie has become a talking point. As a participant in “The King Commands” on TVNorge, it has been noticed that Olsen has posed in the same sweater for several seasons. Photo: screenshot Discovery+
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Published: 08.12.2023 11:22 | Updated: 08/12/2023 13:18
You may have seen actor Kristoffer Olsen as a participant in «The king commands» on TVNorge. The popular program has run for seven seasons. Many celebrities have participated and been assigned non-traditional tasks. Then they got points from the “king” in the programme, comedian Atle Antonsen.
Olsen has participated several times and won season six. Many people remember him because he has worn the same hoodie every time.
– I have received many questions from people about the sweater, says Olsen, who is currently at home in a papa perm.
Earlier this autumn, it emerged that the jumper had a dramatic history.
The first time Olsen put it on, he had actually planned some other clothes for the recording. But illness meant that he rushed the grey, worn hoodie with him instead.
Over the summer of last year, new episodes were to be recorded. The day before, Olsen had to pick up her son early from the nursery, the one-year-old had developed a fever.
– I take him home, and we lie down on the sofa to relax a bit. He is half-dozing on my chest and is obviously quite absorbed. This is a one-year-old who is never, and I mean never, at ease. (..)But somehow he just gets more and more withered, and more and more relaxed. Too relaxed.
As Olsen goes to pick up the phone to call the emergency room, his son falls backwards in his arms.
– His whole body stiffens in a kind of bow shape, his eyes roll into his head, his whole body turns blue, he turns chalk white around his mouth – and he stops breathing.
Here it is important to point out that everything ended well, writes Olsen in his post.
He called 113 and was told to start CPR.
– So there I stand, leaning over my barely one-year-old son and doing life-saving work. After three rounds of compressions and inhalations, whatever has stuck in his system is dislodged, he vomits and slowly comes back to the hooks. Just minutes later, I have two paramedics and three doctors in the living room, as well as three ambulance workers ready outside the door, four firefighters in the car park – and an air ambulance flapping over the house.
It turns out that the son had febrile seizures. The fever rose too fast for his body to keep up and he stopped breathing.
– Of all the crap you can experience in this world that isn’t really that dangerous, febrile seizures are at the top of the crap list. I had never heard of them. I had no idea what it was. And I REALLY wish I knew both how common it is, and how violent it is.
Fact
What are febrile seizures and what should you do?
Febrile seizures are seizures in children who have a fever above 38 degrees.
Febrile convulsions occur in up to 5 out of 100 children under the age of 5. The convulsions start with a rising fever and are usually caused by respiratory infections. The child trembles or shakes and may become completely rigid. The seizure usually passes within a few minutes.
You do this if the child has febrile seizures.
If the child vomits, wipe up the vomit so that there is no risk of suffocation. Place or hold the child in the side position. Infants can be cradled in the arms while lying on their side with their legs slightly higher than their heads. Take your time. It is useful to know how long the seizure lasted. If it is the first time the child has such a convulsion, you should take the child to a doctor, hospital or call 113.
Source: Health Norway
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The next day they were discharged from the hospital. Everything had gone well. But an hour and a half later, Olsen had a new TV recording of The King Commands. In the car on the way from the hospital to the Drammen theater, he found the clothes from the last time, a slightly tired and washed-out hoodie and jeans. So there were two more episodes in the same sweater.
– Half-smiling and jovial, I sit in my sweater and joke, – while at the same time I have with me the pictures of what I have experienced in the last 24 hours. Without doubt the most special and contrast-filled day of my life.
This is how the sweater got a bigger place in the TV program than expected.
Afterwards, Olsen got the idea to use the sweater for something positive. He wanted to do something for children who are in hospital and get information out about febrile convulsions.
– This was such a terrifying experience for me, so I want to spread information about what this is and how to deal with it as a parent.
He started a joint to generate income for the Hospital Children’s Foundation. On Thursday evening, he delivers the NOK 50,000 that was collected in the episode that is broadcast on TV.
– The foundation’s work fits with my story. It’s about making everyday life for children in hospital as good and as simple as possible, says Olsen.
And now Spleis has agreed to open the reality sweater splice again for a week. The donations are pouring in.
– It is fantastic that people bother to get involved. I get a lot of hearts, emojis and splicing, but the longest posts I get are from people who have experienced the same thing, a traumatic experience with febrile convulsions in children, says Olsen.
And the sweater then? Olsen doesn’t want it, but he gives it away to someone who commented on his post on Instagram.
– I’m very much done with it, but I’m starting to associate it with something positive now, but I didn’t do that for a long time.
2023-12-08 10:22:33
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