Axel Zetlitz Kielland (14 February 1907 – 25 November 1963) was a Norwegian journalist, crime reporter, theatre critic and playwright.
Personal life
Kielland was born in
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
to writer Jens Zetlitz Kielland (1873–1926) and Anna Gunhilde Holst, and was a grandson of writer
Alexander Kielland
Alexander Lange Kielland (; 18 February 1849 – 6 April 1906) was a Norwegian realistic writer of the 19th century. He is one of the so-called " The Four Greats" of Norwegian literature, along with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson an ...
. He was married to actress
Sonja Mjøen
Sonja Mjøen (25 December 1898 – 25 February 1993) was a Norwegian actress, journalist and author.
Biography
She was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.
She was the daughter of Claire Grevérus Mjøen (1874–1963) and Jon Alfred Mj ...
from 1932 to 1946, and to Agni Krein from 1947.
Career
Kielland worked for the newspaper ''
Dagbladet
() is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally it was considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a ...
'' from 1927. Among his plays was ''Hvis et folk vil leve'' from 1943, on the
German occupation of Norway
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...
. The play was prohibited by the Swedish government after German protests. His play ''Herren og hans tjenere'' from 1955 had success at several Scandinavian stages, and was basis for
a 1959 film by
Arne Skouen
Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer.
Biography
Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenn ...
.
References
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1907 births
1963 deaths
Writers from Stavanger
Norwegian crime writers
Norwegian resistance members
20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Norwegian male writers
Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Norwegian journalists