Colbjørn Henry Helander (September 7, 1911 – January 13, 1962) was a Norwegian screenwriter and translator. Helander was originally a publisher, but in 1949 he was employed as a literary consultant at

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. Two years later, he became its managing director. Helander debuted as a screenwriter in 1952 with the film ''

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''. In addition to his screenplays, he worked as a translator. In 1960 he translated

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's novella ''

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'' into Norwegian, publishing it as ''De underjordiske''.

Filmography

* 1952: ''

'' * 1958: ''

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'' * 1959: '' Vår egen tid'' * 1961: ''

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'' * 1962: '' Lykke og krone''

References

External links

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Colbjørn Helander
at Filmfront
Colbjørn Helander
at the

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