Snefrid Erika Aukland (née Kjølstad, October 5, 1884 – January 14, 1977) was a Norwegian actress.

Family

Snefrid Aukland was the daughter of the orthopedist and lawyer Thorvald Nils Gotfrid Essendrop Kjølstad (1832–1910) and the actress

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(1850–1930). She was the niece of the actress Mathilde Nielsen. She was married to the engineer Ernst Bernhard Aukland (1894–1969). She also performed under the names ''Erika Warnecke'' and ''Snefrid Warnecke''.

Acting career

Snefrid Aukland took part in the National Touring Theater (), a troupe led by the theater manager

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, from 1907 to 1911. From 1913 to 1917, she worked at the Norwegian Theater. In 1917, she sailed on SS ''Bergensfjord'' to

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to seek her fortune. At the time, she was registered as an extra living in

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. She later returned to Norway. In the fall of 1931 she took part in the

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revue, under the direction of Victor Bernau, and in the 1930s she was on several tours with Bjørn Bjørnevik's theatre, where she performed in the plays ''Augustas lille feiltrinn'' (1935) and ''No'n er gifte – og andre har det godt'' (1939). Aukland appeared in several Norwegian films. She made her film debut in 1928 in Ragnar Westfelt's '' Viddenes folk'', and she also appeared in the first Norwegian sound film, ''

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'', in 1931. For many years, Aukland was a prompter and a prop assistant at the National Theater in Oslo, where she was nicknamed ''Føyka''.

Modeling

Snefrid Aukland was one of the first models for the painter Henrik Sørensen, and she is portrayed, among other works, in his painting ''Artister'' (Performers) in the Rasmus Meyer art collection in Bergen.

Selected theater roles

*The old hag in ''Tyrihans'' by Hulda Garborg ( Norwegian Theater, 1914) *Krestna in ''Ungen'' by

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(Norwegian Theater, 1915) *Anna in ''Per Olsen og Kjerringa hans'' (Outdoor Theater at

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, 1926) *Mrs. Vom in the children's comedy ''Knold og Tot'' by

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(Oslo Theater, 1927) *Augusta in ''Augustas lilla felsteg'' (Norwegian title: ''Augustas lille feiltrinn'') by

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(Bjørnevik Theater, 1935)

Filmography

*1928: '' Viddenes folk'' as a sorceress *1931: ''

'' as a woman *1942: ''

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'' as an old woman *1944: '' Ti gutter og en gjente'' as a hoarder *1951: ''

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'' as a woman in the village

References

External links

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Snefrid Aukland
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Snefrid Aukland
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