Arild Haga (8 April 1913 – 22 February 1985) was a Norwegian

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own du ...

writer. He was born in 1913. He wrote revues for the stages

Chat Noir Chat Noir ( French for 'black cat') is a cabaret and revue theatre in Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1912 by Bokken Lasson. The current director is Tom Sterri. Establishment Chat Noir was established as a cabaret in 1912 by singer Bokken La ...

, Scala and Edderkoppen, and also composed revue music. Among his songs were "Byen med det store hjertet", "Kioskdamen", "Annen Violin" and "Vi e'kje nokke, vi". He chaired the

Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association The Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association ( no, Norsk revyforfatterforening) is a trade union for writers of revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roo ...

for 20 years, and received their honorary

Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most importan ...

in 1985. He also worked as a school teacher in

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and

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, and held posts in the

Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists NOPA, the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists is a society for creators of music and song lyrics in Norway. The object of the society is to promote Norwegian creative music, musical works and lyrics and other texts in musical works, strengt ...

and

TONO TONO is a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway. It is owned and governed by its members; composers, music publishers and text-writers. Through the managing agreement the originators give TONO an exclusive right t ...

. He died in 1985.

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1913 births 1985 deaths Norwegian educators Norwegian writers Leonard Statuette winners 20th-century Norwegian writers {{Norway-writer-stub