Solveig Haugan (November 1, 1901 – June 8, 1953) was a Norwegian stage and movie actress and writer. Solveig Haugan was born on November 1, 1901, in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. She appeared most notably on the stage in the

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

production of ''På Kobberstad'' and the

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 ...

production of ''Ungen'' from the book ''Ungen: folkeliv i 4 akter'' (Oslo: Aschehoug, 1911) written by novelist

Oskar Braaten Oskar Braaten (25 November 1881 – 17 July 1939) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Biography Oskar Alexander Braaten was born in the Oslo borough of Sagene, one of Norway's oldest industrial areas, dating to the mid-19th century. Oskar ...

(1881–1939). Solveig Haugan is perhaps best remembered for her performance as Maja in the film ''

Gryr i Norden ''Gryr i Norden'' (Dawn in the North) is a Norwegian film from 1939 that was directed by Olav Dalgard. ''Gryr i Norden'' is the last film in the "worker trilogy." The other two films are ''Det drønner gjennom dalen'' (1938) and ''Lenkene brytes' ...

'' released in Norway in 1939. ''Gryr i Norden'' was based on the true story of Norway's Kristiania Match Workers Strike of 1889 (''fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken i Kristiania'') at the

Østre Aker Stovner (traditionally pronounced Stomner) is a borough located to the far north east of the city of Oslo, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Nor ...

match factory of Bryn og Grønvolds Tændstikfabriker in Oslo. The film was written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker

Olav Dalgard Olav Dalgard (June 19, 1898 – December 25, 1980) was a Norway, Norwegian literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator. Biography Dalgard was born Olaf Hanssen in Folldal Municipality, in Hedmark, Norway. From the age of three, h ...

(1898–1980). Solveig Haugan also wrote short stories for ''

Arbeiderbladet is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. Eirik Hoff Lys ...

'' published by the

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. She was the author on the novel ''Av jord er du kommet'' (Oslo: Falken, 1952) about the industrialization of agriculture. She died on June 8, 1953, aged 51.

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''Fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken i Kristiania'' ''Gryr i Norden''
1901 births 1953 deaths Actresses from Trondheim Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian actresses {{Norway-actor-stub