Monna Tandberg (2 July 1939 – 25 May 2025) was a Norwegian actress. She played for

Fjernsynsteatret Fjernsynsteatret () was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 (after about a year of experimental operation) and operated until a major reorganisation of NRK o ...

from 1961 to 1964, for

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...

from 1964 to 1969, and for

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo () is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was ...

from 1969 until her retirement in 2009.

Personal life

She was born in

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to physician Morten Odd Tandberg and painter Nora Heffermehl. She was married to Per Bronken and

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, and from 1993 she lived with actor

Lars Andreas Larssen Lars Andreas Larssen (27 March 1935 – 29 January 2014) was a Norwegian stage, film and television actor.Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo () is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was ...

in 1960, in the play ''Det smeller i dørene'', an adaptation of Michel Fermaud's '. She was signed with

from 1961 to 1964, and with

from 1964 to 1969. She was appointed at Nationaltheatret from 1969 onwards, where she played more than sixty roles. She played queen Isabella in by

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in 1970, and played in by Danish playwright

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. Touring in Japan, she played the title role in

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 ...

’s play , which premiered in

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in 1971, and further was shown in sixteen theatres in

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and other cities. The performance was subsequently filmed for Norwegian television. In 1972 she plaed The Young Lady in by

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, in an adaptation directed by

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. In 1973 she played Tetania in an adaptation of (

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), and queen Agave in (

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). In 1974 she played one of the principal women roles in in an adaptation of a play by

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. In 1980 she acted in an adaptation of by

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, staged at the , where she played king Venceslas. In 1981 she acted in an adaptation of

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's play ''

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''. She acted in the stage play '' Dark of the Moon'' by Howard Richardson in 1985, and played the role of an adventurous lady in an adaptation of '' On the Verge; or, The Geography of Yearning'' by

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. Her last appearance for Nationaltheatret was playing Alice in an adaptation of William Nicholson play ''

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'', when she retired from the theatre in 2009.

Death

Tandberg died on 25 May 2025, at the age of 85.

Awards

Tandberg was decorated Knight, first Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 2007. She received the

Gammleng Award The Gammleng Award () is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing artists'' (). It's awa ...

in 2009.

References

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