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Ragnhild Caroline Monrad (31 July 1879 – 23 February 1950) was a Norwegian singer, actress and poet. She was born in Gran, studied singing in Dresden, stayed in Berlin for a long time, toured with Julie Katrine Gjessing (Monrad)
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Ragnhild Caroline Monrad (31 July 1879 – 23 February 1950) was a Norwegian singer, actress and poet. She was born in Gran, studied singing in Dresden, stayed in Berlin for a long time, toured with Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic music, Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwid ...
, and performed for King Oscar II, Haakon VII and Emperor William II. She was a very popular opera
Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...
singer in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
She ended up as a member of the Nazi Party Nasjonal Samling
The Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norway, Norwegian far-right politics, far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling a ...
, and was theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
at Det Norske Teatret from 1942 to 1945, during 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 ...
.
She was sentenced to one year imprisonment in 1947.
Cally Monrad was the sister of the painter Julie Gjessing (born Julie Monrad).genicom
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* 1879 births 1950 deaths People from Gran, Norway Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian women singers Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian women theatre directors People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway Norwegian women in World War II Norwegian people of World War II {{Norway-opera-singer-stub