Laura Christine Theodora Elvig (August 10, 1860 – April 17, 1935) was a Norwegian actress.

Family

Laura Elvig was the daughter of the schoolteacher Ole Elvig and Karen Svendsen. On January 18, 1881 she married the actor Berent Johan Tunæs Johannessen (1859–1907). Their daughter

Svanhild Johannessen Svanhild Johannessen (August 21, 1882 – January 15, 1971) was a Norwegians, Norwegian actress. Svanhild Johannessen was born in Bergen. She was the daughter of the actor Berent Johannessen and the actress Laura Elvig, and the sister of the act ...

married the actor

Hauk Aabel Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel (21 April 1869 – 12 December 1961) was a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film. Career Aabel made his début on stage on 11 October 1897 at the Christiania Theatre in Oslo, and was a ...

, and their daughter Borghild Johannessen married the actor Thoralf Klouman. Laura Elvig was the grandmother of the actors

Per Aabel Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.

and Andreas Aabel, the actress

Wenche Klouman Wenche Klouman (May 11, 1918 – February 8, 2009) was a Norwegian actress. Family Klouman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the actor and illustrator Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. She was the sister o ...

, and the pianist

Carsten Klouman Carsten Klouman (21 August 1923 – 2 July 2004) was born in Oslo and was a Norwegian pianist, arranger and composer. He was the son of the actor Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. He was a jazz pianist in the group and (Jo ...

Career

Elvig appeared on stage in her birthplace of Bergen in the 1870s. Among other roles, she performed as of Hilda Rummel in ''

The Pillars of Society ''The Pillars of Society'' (or "Pillars of the Community"; original Norwegian title: ''Samfundets støtter'') is an 1877 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen had great trouble with the writing of this play. The ending is ...

'' by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

in 1877 at the Comedy House. By her seventieth birthday in 1930, she was the executive producer at the National Theater.

Selected roles

* Hilda Rummel in ''

'' by

( Comedy House, Bergen, 1877) * Mariette in ''La poule et ses poussins'' by

Émile de Najac Comte Émile de Najac (December 1828 – 11 April 1889) was a French librettist. He was a prolific writer during the Second Empire (France), Second Empire and early part of the Third Republic (France), Third Republic, supplying plays and opéra co ...

(1880)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elvig, Laura 1860 births 1935 deaths 19th-century Norwegian actresses Norwegian stage actresses Actresses from Bergen