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Astrid Sommer
Astrid Sommer (née Christiansen; 21 May 1906 – 9 April 1990) was a Norwegian actress. Personal life Sommer was born in Kristiania on 21 May 1906, to Carl Christiansen and Agnes Mathilde Rosendahl. She married actor Alf Marius Sommer in 1934. Career Sommer was assigned with Det Norske Teatret for more than fifty years. Her breakthrough was the character "Krestna" in Oskar Braaten's play ''Ungen'' in 1929. Among her other characters were "Kvitugla" in Olav Duun's ''Medmenneske'' (several times between 1937 and 1976), "Maren Dokter" in Arne Garborg's ''Læraren'' (in 1943, 1948 and 1951), and "Smikkstugun" in Alf Prøysens ''Trost i taklampa'' (1952 and 1963). She played "Bernarda" ('' The House of Bernarda Alba'') "Mother Aase" (''Peer Gynt'') and " Mother Courage". Her films include '' Ungen'' (1938), ''Godvakker-Maren'' (1940), '' Trysil-Knut'' (1942), ''Trost i taklampa Trost may refer to: People * Al Trost, United States soccer midfielder * Barry Trost, Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality (''formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trysil-Knut
''Trysil-Knut'' is a Norwegian film from 1942. Rasmus Breistein directed this skiing melodrama during the German occupation of Norway. It tells the story of the legendary skier Knut from Trysil, an ardent patriot at the beginning of the 1800s who uses his skiing skills to prevent war from breaking out between Norway and Sweden. Knut also wins back a property that he was cheated out of and his "princess." Like many of the films from the interwar period or the occupation years, this is an adventure story. Breistein's point of departure for the story was a popular novel by Rudolf Muus from 1914, and he was also inspired by Bernt Lund Bernt Lund (July 14, 1812 – October 30, 1885) was a 19th-century Norwegian landscape artist, author and military officer. Biography Lund was born in Våler in Hedmark, Norway. He took military officer exam in 1837 and spent his career in the ...'s poem from 1861 and by 's story from 1909. Cast References External links * ''Norsk filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Oslo
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Deaths
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. * January 16– April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical '' Vehementer Nos'', denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State. ** Two British members of a poll tax colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Helle
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian. A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works. Early life, education and marriage He was born in Larvik as the son of school inspector Hermann Olai Helle (1893–1973) and teacher Berta Marie Malm (1906–1991). He was the older brother of politician Ingvar Lars Helle. The family moved to Hetland when Knut Helle was seventeen years old. He took the examen artium in Stavanger in 1949, and a teacher's education in Kristiansand in 1952. He studied philology in Oslo and Bergen, and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1957. His paper ''Omkring Bǫglungasǫgur'', on the Bagler sagas, was printed in 1959. In December 1957 he married Karen Blauuw, who would later become a professor. Helle's marriage to Blauuw was dissolved in 1985. In October 1987 Helle married museum director and professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a ''internetworking, network of networks'' that consists ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Nielsen Hauge (film)
''Hans Nielsen Hauge'' is a Norwegian film from 1961 directed by Kåre Bergstrøm. It is a dramatization of the life of the lay minister Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771–1824). The film received a lukewarm reception from ''Verdens Gangs reviewer, who gave it three out of six stars. Plot The film opens in 1804, when Crown Prince Regent Frederick is ruling Denmark–Norway. The Royal Danish Chancellery has issued an arrest warrant for Hans Nielsen Hauge. The arrest warrant is sent to all the county governors in Norway, and Hauge is taken to Christiania in irons. The film follows the trial against Hauge. An impression of his past life and work is given in retrospect. The case against Hauge lasted many years because Copenhagen found no reason to hurry. This was a turning point in Norway, and Napoleon was building an empire in Europe. The case was not concluded until 1813. Cast * Preben Lerdorff Rye as King Frederick VI * Per Sunderland as Hans Nielsen Hauge * Harald Aimarsen as a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trost I Taklampa (film)
''Trost i taklampa'' (Blackbird in the Chandelier) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1955 directed by Erik Borge. It is based on Alf Prøysen's 1950 novel ''Trost i taklampa''. The film stars Grete Nordrå as Gunvor Smikkstugun, along with Jack Fjeldstad and Martin Gisti. Cast * Grete Nordrå as Gunvor Smikkstugun * Martin Gisti as Lundjordet * William Nyrén as Hjalmar * Jack Fjeldstad as Brekkestøl * Roy Bjørnstad as Roy * Siri Rom as Elise * Astrid Sommer as Gunvor's mother * Lillemor Hoel as Eva Snekkersveen * Pål Bang-Hansen as Arne Barnhemmet * Randi Nordby as Ingebjørg * Ragnar Olason as Gunvor's father * Kristian Løvlie as Oskar * Ottar Wicklund as Aksel Snekkersveen * Ada Ørvik as Emma * Harald Aimarsen as Smikkstad * Gunda Ullsaker as Mrs. Smikkstad * Agnes Bjerke as Krestine * Alf Prøysen as himself * Anker Wahlstrøm * Gudmund Blaalid * Joachim Calmeyer * Willie Hoel as Teodor Snekkersveen Songs * "Trippe-Tripp" (foxtrot) (melody: Maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' and play ''Godvakker-Maren''. The film premiered on October 31, 1940. Plot Two young girls from Hedmark get jobs at a grocery store run by Nils Andresen in Oslo. Andresen's wife is in bed with an illness, and Andresen is interested in his two young female employees. Maren, played by Eva Sletto, is also exposed to other vices in the capital before things settle down. Cast * Eva Sletto as Maren * Pehr Qværnstrøm as Nils Andresen, a grocer * Dagmar Myhrvold as Matea, Andresen's wife * Aasta Voss as Inga * Bjarne Bø as the doctor * Harald Heide-Steen as Even * Alf Sommer as Tore * Einar Tveito as the priest * Øyvind Øyen as the constable * Helge Essmar as Aksel References External links * ''Godvakker-Maren''at the National L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Det Norske Teatret
Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 1913, touring with two plays, ''Ervingen'' by Ivar Aasen and ''Rationelt Fjøsstell'' by Hulda Garborg. Its first official performance was Ludvig Holberg's comedy ''Jeppe på berget'', with Haakon VII of Norway and the prime minister of Norway among the spectators. Hulda Garborg was the first board manager, and Rasmus Rasmussen was the first theatre director. The theatre primarily performs plays written in or translated into Nynorsk. The theatre has three stages, and about 12–15 productions per year, plus guest plays. Five of Jon Fosse's plays saw their first productions on Det Norske Teatret: ''Nokon kjem til å komme'' (1996), ''Ein sommars dag'' (1999), ''Vakkert'' (2001), ''3ogtosaman'' (2001) and ''Rambuku'' (2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
