Reidar Lund (3 June 1897 – 19 March 1978) was a Norwegian cinematographer. Filming his first sports event at Frogner stadion in 1920, Lund participated as a cameraman on expeditions to

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in 1921 and

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in 1924. He was a cinematographer for his first motion picture in 1925, ''Himmeluret'', and was especially active between 1938 and 1946, with films such as '' Hu Dagmar'' (1939), ''

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'' (1940), ''

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'' (1942), and ''

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'' (1944). His last motion picture was '' Flukt fra paradiset'' (1955). Then, until his retirement in 1968 he worked in the

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. He received the

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. He resided in

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Selected filmography

*'' Song of Rondane '' (1934)

References

1897 births 1978 deaths Norwegian cinematographers NRK people Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold {{Norway-film-bio-stub