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Ågot Gjems Selmer
Ågot Gjems Selmer, also Ågot Gjems-Selmer, (27 October 1857 – 25 September 1926) was a Norwegian actress, writer, and lecturer. Early life and education Gjems-Selmer was born into a wealthy family in Kongsvinger Municipality, Norway. She was the eldest of nine siblings born to Svend Jørgen Gjems and Johanne Rolfsen. As a 12-year-old, the family relocated to Kristiania (now Oslo). She graduated in 1876 and decided to become an actor. Career While working as an actress, Gjems-Selmer performed at the Christiania Theatre, where in 1883, she played the role of Petra in the staging of Henrik Ibsen's ''An Enemy of the People'', attracting critical acclaim. She wrote a total of ten books, some translated into several languages including German, Dutch and Hungarian. Some were based on memories of her own childhood in Kongsvinger Municipality. These included ''Da mor var liten'' (When Mother was Little), describing how she became acquainted with Norwegian cultural celebrities includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tordis Gjems Selmer
Tordis Gjems Selmer (June 2, 1886 – February 15, 1964) was a Norwegian singer. Selmer was born in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county Norway, the son of the district physician Alfred Selmer and the actress and writer Ågot Gjems Selmer. She was the sister of the actor Alfred Gjems Selmer (1893–1919), and her younger sister was the actress and writer Lillemor von Hanno (1900–1984). Selmer took voice lessons in Oslo, Berlin, and London, and she toured the Nordic countries. She was engaged at the Chat Noir cabaret from 1916 to 1917, and she worked as a culture journalist for the women's magazine '' Urd'' from 1925 onward. Her father died in 1919 after falling off a horse while visiting a sick patient, and her brother Alfred died the same year. After her mother's death in 1926, Selmer ran a boarding house in the family home, Soleglad, which her father had purchased in 1903. There, among other things, she hosted a cultural café during the Second World War together with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Women Children's Writers
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19th-century Norwegian Actresses
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kongsvinger
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1926 Deaths
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the last country to officially adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place in October, 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope Gregory XIII. Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Ibn Saud is crowned ruler of the Kingdom of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam. * January 16 – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting. * January 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 Births
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Lillemor Von Hanno
Lillemor von Hanno (née Bergljot Selmer; 30 December 1900 – 5 April 1984) was a Norwegian actress, novelist, and playwright. Personal life Von Hanno was born in Balsfjord Municipality, the daughter of the actress Ågot Gjems Selmer (1858–1926) and the physician Alfred Selmer (1851–1919). The family moved to Ås Municipality near Oslo, Kristiania when she was two years old. She was the sister of the singer Tordis Gjems Selmer (1886–1964) and the actor Alfred Gjems Selmer (1893–1919). She married Major Otto Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno (1891–1956) in 1927, and their marriage was eventually dissolved. In 1950 she married the industrialist Joakim Lund Ihlen (1899–1981). Career Von Hanno made her stage debut in 1920 at Trondhjems nationale Scene, and later worked at Nationaltheatret, Chat Noir and Det Nye Teater. Among her books are ''De og vi'' from 1936, and ''Dumme menn og troll til kjerringer'' from 1937. She also wrote articles for the newspapers ''Dagbladet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Gjems Selmer
Alfred Jørgen Gjems Selmer (June 4, 1893 – January 30, 1919) was a Norwegian actor. Selmer was born in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway, the son of the district physician Alfred Selmer and the actress and writer Ågot Gjems Selmer. One of his sisters was the singer Tordis Gjems Selmer, and another was the actress and writer Lillemor von Hanno. Selmer was married to the actress Liv Uchermann Selmer. In 1918, Selmer played Erhart Borkman in a production of Henrik Ibsen's ''John Gabriel Borkman'' at the National Theater in Bergen. Selmer died of the Spanish flu The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus. The earliest docum ... in 1919. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Selmer, Alfred Gjems 1893 births 1919 deaths 20th-century Norwegian male actors People from Balsfjord Deaths fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
