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Andreas Diesen
Andreas Diesen (born 20 November 1945) is a Norwegian television presenter and revue historian. In 2005 he was awarded the Leonard Statuette from the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. Having been assigned with NRK since 1965, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 2012, for his contributions to entertainment in Norway. Diesen was born in Oslo, a son of actors Ernst Diesen and Kari Diesen Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 24 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 ..., and is a grandson of Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen, Harald Steen and Signe Heide Steen. Selected works * Biography. * References External links * 1945 births Living people Television people from Oslo Norwegian television presenters NRK people {{Norway-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Diesen
Ernst Diesen (6 April 1913 – 14 November 1970) was a Norwegian revue and film actor and theatre director. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen (1881–1958) and Sofie Elisabeth Aars Brodtkorb (1885–1968). In 1937, he married the singer and revue actress Kari Diesen (1914–1987). Diesen studied at the theater school operated by Max Reinhardt in Berlin from 1932 to 1933. He was a student at Det Nye Teater from 1933 to 1934. He worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1934 to 1942 and as theater director from 1950 to 1953. He was at the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1943 to 1950 and again from 1954 to 1959. He also acted in several films, including the comedy films '' Bør Børson Jr.'' from 1938, '' Den forsvundne pølsemaker'' from 1941, ''Det æ'kke te å tru'' from 1942, and ''Pappa tar gull ''Daddy's Success'' ( no, Pappa tar gull) is a 1964 Norwegian comedy film written and directed by Arne Skouen, starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Diesen
Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 24 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 films between 1941 and 1985. Among her best known song recordings is her version of "Hovedøen". Personal life Kari Heide-Steen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as the daughter of Harald Steen (1886–1941) and Signe Heide Steen (1881–1959). She was sister of actor Harald Heide Steen, and aunt of actor Harald Heide-Steen Jr. She was sister of opera singer Randi Heide Steen and thus aunt of Randi's daughter actress Anne Marit Jacobsen. She was married to actor and theatre director Ernst Diesen (1914–70), and was the mother of NRK writer and director Andreas Diesen. Career After a career as young ballerina for Ernst Rolf, she was engaged by Victor Bernau to his revue in the spring of 1930, where she performed the song "Det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen
Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen (23 September 1881 – 12 November 1958) was a Norwegian physician. He was the city physician ( no, stadsfysikus) in Oslo, and member of the Administrative Council in 1940. Personal life Diesen was born in Norderhov (later merged into Ringerike), a son of Army officer Ernst Georg Diesen and Anna Seip, and a brother of editor Emil Diesen. He married Sofie Elisabeth Aars Brodtkorb in 1912. They were the parents of actor and theatre director Ernst Diesen, and thus parents-in-law of actress Kari Diesen, and grandparents of journalist Andreas Diesen. Career Diesen graduated as cand.med. in 1908. He served as city physician () in Oslo from 1930 to 1951. During the early part of the German occupation of Norway, from April to September 1940, he was member of the Administrative Council Administrative Council () was a part of Council of State of the Congress Poland. Introduced by the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland in 1815, it was composed of 5 mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Steen
Harald Steen (April 2, 1886 – April 18, 1941) was a Norwegian tenor and actor. Steen debuted at the National Theater in Oslo in 1902 and remained there until 1908. He was engaged with the Central Theater from 1908 to 1927. With his spirited mood, smooth characterization, and excellent voice, he was a key actor for much of the theater's repertoire of comedies, operettas, and operas. He made his film debut in 1916 in the Danish silent film '' Strandvaskeren''. Harald Steen was married to the actress Signe Heide Steen, and he was the father of Randi Heide Steen, Harald Heide Steen, and Kari Diesen. Filmography * 1916: '' Strandvaskeren'' as Hans the fisherman * 1927: '' Den glade enke i Trangvik'' as Jørnsen, the shipowner * 1928: '' Cafe X'' as Pålsen, the cafe owner * 1937: '' Bra mennesker'' as Haakonsen * 1938: ''Det drønner gjennom dalen'' as the doctor * 1939: ''Familien på Borgan'' as Borgan, the wholesaler * 1939: ''De vergeløse (The Defenceless) is a 1939 Norwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signe Heide Steen
Signe Heide Steen (May 17, 1881 – October 18, 1959) was a Norwegian actress. Family Signe Heide Steen was born in Holmestrand, Norway, one of twelve children of the violin maker Johan Albert Heide (1848–1925) and Julie Hovelsen (1855–1906). Her older brother Harald Heide was a violinist and composer, and at the age of twelve Signe played the violin at local events. After growing up in Holmestrand and Fredrikstad, she appeared as an extra a production of Leo Tolstoy's ''The Power of Darkness'' at the Akersgaden Theater, and for a while she studied under Thora Hansson. On August 2, 1903, she made her debut at the Central Theater in the play ''Thummelumsen'' by the Danish writer Gustav Wied. After two years, she was engaged for one year at the National Theater in Bergen before she started at the National Theater in Oslo, where, while playing Valencienne, she met her husband Harald Steen (1886–1941), who was playing Count Camille de Rosillon in the first performance of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Statuette
''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most important revue personalities. The prize is regarded the highest distinction in Norwegian revue. Awarded from 1968 to 2013, the statuette was given to persons with a significant and lasting importance to Norway's entertainment industry. The statuette was again awarded in 2019, when Eldar Vågan was the recipient. Prize winners This is a list of prize winners: *1968 – Arvid Nilssen, actor *1969 – Leif Juster, actor *1970 – not awarded *1971 – Kari Diesen, actress *1972 – Arve Opsahl, actor *1973 – Bias Bernhoft, revue writer *1974 – Jens Book-Jenssen, actor *1975 – Carsten Byhring, actor *1976 – Rolf Just Nilsen, actor *1977 – Einar Schanke, instructor and compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Medal Of Merit
The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold and silver. The medal in gold is rewarded for extraordinary achievements of importance to the nation and society. The medal in silver may be awarded for lesser achievements. The medal is suspended from a ribbon in the colours of the Royal Standard of Norway. The medal in gold is ranked eighth in the ranking of Norwegian orders and medals. The medal in silver is ranked 11th. Design of the Medal * The obverse shows the head of the reigning Monarch with name and motto. To date (2015) there have been three versions: Haakon VII (1908–1957), Olav V (1957–1991), and Harald V (since 1991). * The reverse bears a wreath and the words "KONGENS FORTJENSTMEDALJE" (Royal Medal of Merit) with the recipient's name engraved in the middle of the wrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association
The Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association ( no, Norsk revyforfatterforening) is a trade union for writers of revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own dur ...s and other comedy in Norway. Organisations based in Oslo Norwegian writers' organisations Norwegian culture {{Norway-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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