Alf Malland (24 January 1917 – 16 August 1997) was a Norwegian actor.

Biography

He was born in

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, Norway. He began his acting career as a student at the Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. Following the German occupation of Norway during

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, he quit as a theater student and participated in the resistance. Malland first went to Sweden and in 1942 he left for

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where he trained as a paratrooper. He arrived at

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in November 1944 as company commander with the Norwegian forces. In 1946, he was again at Det Norske Teatret and took up his theater studies. He was first employed there then freelanced. He appeared in 42 films and television shows between 1949 and 1987. He starred in the Academy award nominated 1957 film '' Nine Lives'', and in '' Struggle for Eagle Peak'', which was entered into the

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Partial filmography

* '' Death Is a Caress'' (1949) - En konstabel (uncredited) * '' Trine!'' (1952) - En politimann * ''Ung frue forsvunnet'' (1953) - Vaktmannen (uncredited) * '' Skøytekongen'' (1953) * '' Trost i taklampa'' (1955) * '' Hjem går vi ikke'' (1955) * '' Nine Lives'' (1957) - Martin * '' Pastor Jarman kommer hjem'' (1958) - Tor * '' Struggle for Eagle Peak'' (1960) - Tomas Gran * '' Omringet'' (1960) - Frimann * '' Et øye på hver finger'' (1961) - Mørk herre i svart bil * '' Cold Tracks'' (1962) - Tormod * '' Freske fraspark'' (1963) - Ollvar * ''Marenco'' (1964) - Chowski * ''

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'' (1964) - Styrmannen, 'Journalistens fortelling' * '' To på topp'' (1965) - Pengeinnkreveren * '' Vaktpostene'' (1965) - Kapteinen * '' Broder Gabrielsen'' (1966) - Broder Gabrielsen * '' Smuglere'' (1968) * '' An-Magritt'' (1969) - Merra-Per * '' One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' (1970) - Fetiukov * '' Love Is War'' (1971) - Doctor * '' The Call of the Wild'' (1972) - Constantine * '' Bør Børson Jr.'' (1974) - Ole Elveplassen * ''

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'' (1974) - Police Inspector * ''Kjære Maren'' (1976) - Mann * '' Bør Børson II'' (1976) - Ole Elveplassen * ''Olsenbanden for full musikk'' (1976) - Fritz, altmuligmann * '' Karjolsteinen'' (1977) - Politibetj. * ''Olsenbanden og Data-Harry sprenger verdensbanken'' (1978) - Hallandsen, kjeltring * '' Blood of the Railroad Workers'' (1979) - Per flink * ''Olsenbanden gir seg aldri!'' (1981) - Aksjonsleder i politiet * ''Olsenbandens aller siste kupp'' (1982) - Personalvakt med overvåkning * ''Men Olsenbanden var ikke død!'' (1984) - Guide på Munchmuseet * '' Etter Rubicon'' (1987) - Arne Michelsen

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malland, Alf 1917 births 1997 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian resistance members Norwegian military personnel of World War II Male actors from Bergen