''Huset på Christianshavn'' (''The House at Christianshavn'') was an 84-part television comedy series broadcast in
Denmark
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between 1970 and 1977. It was produced by the
Nordisk Film
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company for the national broadcasting corporation, DR. 48 of the episodes were also shown in the
German Democratic Republic
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on DFF.
The series portrayed the lives of the residents of a block of flats in Christianshavn, an old part of
Copenhagen
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.
Cast
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Poul Reichhardt
Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in '' Huset på Christians ...
(Olsen)
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Helle Virkner
Helle Genie Virkner née Lotinga (15 September 1925 – 10 June 2009) was a Danish actress, author and spouse of Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag
Personal life
Helle Genie Lotinga was born in Aarhus to Jewish rentier Moritz “Morris” Lotinga ...
(Mrs. Ellen Olsen)
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Jes Holtsø
Jes Holtsø (born 30 December 1956) is a Danish actor most notable for his role as Kjeld's son Børge in the ''Olsen-banden'' films. The reason that he was chosen to play Børge was actually his thick glasses, which became his characteristic. Late ...
(William Olsen)
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Paul Hagen
Paul Falck Hagen (19 March 1920 – 19 May 2003) was a Danish film and television actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1952 and 1999. He is most known for playing Mr. Clausen in the television series Huset på Christianshavn, whi ...
(Clausen)
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Lis Løwert
Lis Løwert (7 December 1919 – 26 November 2009) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 23 films between 1938 and 1971. She was best known for her parts in two TV series: Mrs. Clausen in '' Huset på Christianshavn'' and Violet Vinter ...
(Mrs. Mille Clausen)
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Finn Storgaard
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(Tue)
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Kirsten Hansen-Møller
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Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine.Willy Rathnov (Egon Hansen)
* Kirsten Walther (Karla Hansen)
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Flemming Nielsen
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("Bimmer", Karla's baby boy)
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Ove Sprogøe
Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor.
Life
Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. O ...
(Larsen)
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Arthur Jensen
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(Arnold Hannibal Meyer)
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Bodil Udsen
Bodil Birgitte Udsen (12 January 1925 – 26 February 2008) was a Danish actress.
She was a student at the Rysensteen Gymnasium in Copenhagen in 1944 and entered film in 1955. She also worked extensively in Danish theatre and appeared in the ...