Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel (21 April 1869 – 12 December 1961) was a popular

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comedian and actor in Norwegian and

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silent film.

Career

Aabel made his début on stage on 11 October 1897 at the

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, and was a prominent

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in the Norwegian theatre. In 1917, he began appearing in silent films in Sweden. He then returned to Norway in 1927, where he worked in many films, including several after the advent of sound. He made his last film in 1939, aged 72. Hauk Aabel was a

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( no, vernepliktig officer) in the

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, with the rank of First Lieutenant. He was the informant who provided sounding material to the pioneering linguistic study of Haugen and Joos in 1952, called Tone and Intonation in East Norwegian. His son

Per Aabel Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.

was also a popular comic actor in Norwegian films, and his son

Andreas Aabel Andreas Aabel (February 21, 1911 – December 29, 1948) was a Norwegian actor and translator. Family Andreas Aabel was the son of the actor Hauk Aabel and the actress Svanhild Johannessen, and the brother of the actor Per Aabel. He was the gran ...

was an actor and translator. Aabel died in 1961.

Works

* ''Hauk Aabel'' av Erling Alm-Vik i ''Norske scenekunstnere'' 1918 * ''Moro var det lell! – Mine første tyve år på scenen'' 1935 * ''Gode gamle dager'' 1949

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aabel, Hauk 1867 births 1961 deaths People from Førde Norwegian male comedians Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian Army personnel 19th-century Norwegian male actors