Reidar Lund (3 June 1897 – 19 March 1978) was a Norwegian cinematographer. Filming his first sports event at

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in 1920, Lund participated as a cameraman on expeditions to

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in 1921 and

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in 1924. He was a cinematographer for his first motion picture in 1925, ''Himmeluret'', and was especially active between 1938 and 1946, with films such as ''

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'' (1939), ''

Godvakker-Maren ''Godvakker-Maren'' (Good Pretty Maren) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1940 directed by Knut Hergel, who also wrote the film script together with Alf Sommer and Einar Tveito. The script is based on Oskar Braaten's novel ''Bak høkerens disk'' ...

'' (1940), ''

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'' (1942), and ''

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'' (1944). His last motion picture was ''

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'' (1955). Then, until his retirement in 1968 he worked in the

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. He received the

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. He resided in

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Selected filmography

*'' Song of Rondane '' (1934)

References

1897 births 1978 deaths Norwegian cinematographers NRK people Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold {{Norway-film-bio-stub