Per Schwab (17 August 1911 – 2 August 1970) was a Swedish-born Norwegian painter, scenographer, and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

Biography

Schwab was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were the professor Eigil Wilhelm Schwab (1882–1952) and the painter Anna Axén (1880–1962). He attended the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and studied for six years at the

Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ...

. He was hired by the theater director

Hans Jacob Nilsen Hans Jacob Nilsen (8 November 1897 – 6 March 1957) was a Norwegian actor, theatre director and film director. He was a theatre director at Den Nationale Scene, at Folketeatret, and for two separate periods at Det Norske Teatret. Personal lif ...

as a scene painter at the National Theeater in Bergen in 1934. He became the permanent scenographer and later served as theatre director from 1952 to 1961. From 1961 onward he worked as a scenographer at the National Theatre. Schwab married the actress Astrid Leikvang (1907–1997) in 1937; they were divorced in 1942. In 1944, Schwab married another actress,

Thora Neels-Hansson Thora Elisabeth Neels-Hansson (also known as Nøste Schwab) (November 29, 1918 – December 15, 2007) was a Norwegian actress. Thora Elisabeth Neels-Hansson was born in Stavanger, Norway, on November 29, 1918. She was best known for her role as ...

(1918– 2007), the daughter of the theatre director

Gunnar Neels-Hansson Gunnar Neels-Hansson (27 July 1883 – 9 June 1967) was a Norwegian theatre director. He was born in Kristiania to Thora Elisabeth Neelsen and Olaf Mørch Hansson. His daughter Thora Neels-Hansson was married to Per Schwab. Neels-Hansson wa ...

(1873–1967). Their daughter, Tine Schwab, became a set designer and scenographer at the

Oslo Opera House The Oslo Opera House ( no, Operahuset) is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. It is ...

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Norwegian theatre directors 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters People from Haninge Municipality 1911 births 1970 deaths Swedish emigrants to Norway 20th-century Norwegian male artists {{Theat-director-stub