Lizzie Florelius (September 19, 1886 – December 30, 1975) was a Norwegian actress. Florelius was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

(now Oslo). She had her film debut in 1923 in ''

Strandhugg paa Kavringen ''Strandhugg paa Kavringen'' (The Coastal Raid at Kavringen) is a 65-minute Norwegian film from 1923 that is now considered lost. The screenplay was written by Gunnar Nilsen-Vig, who was also one of the film's directors. Egil Sætren designed ...

'', in which she played the wife of the main character, Silas. She appeared in another silent film in 1927, '' Syv dager for Elisabeth''. After that she acted in three

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s: ''

Bra mennesker ''Bra mennesker'' () is a 1937 Norwegian drama film directed by Leif Sinding, and starring Sonja Wigert, Georg Løkkeberg and Harald Steen. The script was also written by Sinding, based on a play by Oskar Braaten Oskar Braaten (25 November 18 ...

'' (1937), ''

De vergeløse () is a 1939 Norwegian drama film directed by Leif Sinding, based on a book by Gabriel Scott, that stars Georg Richter and Karin Meyer. Plot Albert ( Georg Richter) is placed in an orphanage, where he is treated like a slave. He tries to es ...

'' (1939), and ''

Ut av mørket () is a 1958 Norwegian film directed by Arild Brinchmann. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Urda Arneberg as Kari Holm * Pål Skjønberg as Per Holm, an architect * Ola Isene as Enger, the chief physicia ...

'' (1958). She was also active in the

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radio theater Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatised, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

, and in 1926 she played in the first Norwegian radio broadcast of ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...

''. Florelius died in 1975 and is buried in Our Savior's Cemetery in Oslo.

Filmography

*1923: ''

'' as Silas's wife *1927: '' Syv dager for Elisabeth'' as Anna Palme *1937: ''

'' as Mrs. Løvdal *1939: ''

'' as the woman from the child welfare committee *1958: ''

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* 1886 births 1975 deaths Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses Norwegian silent film actresses Norwegian radio actresses 20th-century Norwegian actresses Actresses from Oslo {{Norway-actor-stub