Per Bronken (13 March 1935 – 4 October 2002) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, film director and stage producer.

Career

Bronken made his literary debut in 1955 with the poetry collection ''Kom drikk også mitt blod''. He made his stage debut at

Riksteatret Riksteatret (English: National Traveling Theater) is a Norwegian touring theatre. It was established by law in 1948. Its first performance was in Kirkenes in 1949, with Sigurd Christiansen's play ''En reise i natten''. The theatre plays on about 2 ...

in 1957. He worked as stage producer for

Fjernsynsteatret Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 (after about a year of experimental operation), and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisati ...

for several periods from 1962, and played an important role in the development of Norwegian television drama. He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1961.

Personal life

Bronken was born in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...

, a son of merchant Alfred Sivertsen and nurse Ingeborg Bronken. He was married to actress Monna Tandberg from 1962 to 1971, and to actress from 1974.

Filmography

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1935 births 2002 deaths People from Tromsø 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre managers and producers Norwegian male novelists Norwegian male film actors Norwegian film directors 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-actor-stub