Stig Egede-Nissen (December 11, 1907 – October 4, 1988) was a

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actor and naval officer.

Biography

Egede-Nissen was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of

Communist Party of Norway The Communist Party of Norway ( no, Norges Kommunistiske Parti, NKP) is a communist party in Norway. The NKP was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. It was Stalinist from its establishment and, as such, supported t ...

leader Adam Egede-Nissen and

Goggi Egede-Nissen Georga "Goggi" Wilhelma Egede-Nissen (née Ellertsen, January 20, 1871 – August 15, 1959) was the wife and comrade-in-arms of Adam Egede-Nissen, a Norwegian Labor Party politician and the chairman of the Communist Party of Norway, for six deca ...

. He was the brother of the actors and actresses

Aud Egede-Nissen Aud Egede-Nissen (30 May 1893 – 15 November 1974) was a Norwegian actress, director and producer. She appeared in many early 20th-century German silent films. Early life Born in Bergen, Norway in 1893, Egede-Nissen was a daughter of Norwegi ...

, Gerd Grieg, Ada Kramm,

Oscar Egede-Nissen Oscar Egede-Nissen (March 7, 1903 – November 1, 1976) was a Norwegian actor. He appeared in dozens of films from his debut in 1936 onward, his last being ''An-Magritt'' in 1969. Egede-Nissen was an unruly child, and he was sent to the alternat ...

, Lill Egede-Nissen, and

Gøril Havrevold Gøril Havrevold, (née Egede-Nissen, 11 July 1914 – 17 March 1992) was a Norwegian stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Stavanger, Norway; the daughter of Adam Egede-Nissen (1868–1953) and Georga Wilhelma Ellertsen (1871� ...

. He discontinued his studies in medicine and studied at the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

until 1935, before studying theater at the

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from 1935 to 1938. Back in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...

, he made his debut at the

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and then moved to Oslo, where he was at the

Carl Johan Theater The Carl Johan Theater ( no, Carl Johan Teatret) was a theater in Oslo, Norway. It was initially located in the Christiania Tivoli amusement park in Oslo from 1893 to 1895, where it was led by Olaf Mørch Hansson. It staged performance of works suc ...

from 1940 to 1942. During the war, he was arrested on May 24, 1941, and taken to the

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in Oslo. He was released after a month and a half, on July 5. In 1942 he fled the country via Sweden to England. He was in the Royal Navy and learned telegraphy before being stationed on the HMS ''Wensleydale'' in 1944. As a lieutenant he picked up and decoded messages from the Germans. He took part in the

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in 1944, and he took part in Operation Polar Bear VI in 1945. Egede-Nissen was again at Trøndelag Theater from 1945 to 1947. From 1947 to 1967 he was at The New Theater, often read for

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radio, and had a season with the National Traveling Theater. He concluded his career with freelance acting at the Norwegian Theater, Trøndelag Theater, and National Theater from 1967 to 1976. Egede-Nissen was on the board and management committee of the

Norwegian Actors' Equity Association The Norwegian Actors' Equity Association ( no, Norsk Skuespillerforbund) is an association of Norwegian actors. Its main purpose is to improve actors' working conditions and to protect the artistic, judicial and financial interests of actors in N ...

. In the 1950s, Egede-Nissen began to restore five of the 17th-century homes on Damstredet in Oslo; this work was continued by his thirty-year-younger wife Unni Gärtner Egede-Nissen (1937–2004).

Filmography

* 1944: '' The Return of the Vikings'' * 1946: ''

Om kjærligheten synger de ''Om kjærligheten synger de'' (They Sing about Love) is a Norwegian film from 1946. It was directed by Olav Dalgard and starred Harald Heide Steen in the lead role. The film deals with poverty in Oslo in the 1930s. The film premiered at the K ...

'' * 1951: '' Flukten fra Dakar'' * 1954: ''

Aldri annet enn bråk ''Aldri annet enn bråk'' is a 1954 Norwegian comedy-drama film, edited by Edith Carlmar. It takes place in a working-class setting in the city of Oslo. The English title is ''Nothing but trouble''. A 1955 Danish remake, '' Altid ballade'', was ...

'' * 1957: ''Toya & Heidi'' * 1958: '' I slik en natt'' * 1961: ''Fru Inger til Østråt'', TV * 1964: '' Marenco'' * 1966: ''

Broder Gabrielsen ''Broder Gabrielsen'' ( en, Brother Gabrielsen}) is a 1966 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller, starring Alf Malland and Mette Lange-Nielsen. The preacher Gabrielsen (Malland) has a great talent for exciting crowds and builds up a ...

'' * 1972: ''Fysiske fordeler'', episode of ''

Fleksnes Fataliteter ''Fleksnes Fataliteter'', better known by its shortened title ''Fleksnes'', was a Norwegian-Swedish- Danish television comedy series produced between 1972 and 2002, created by Swedish writer Bo Hermansson and based on Galton and Simpson's scripts ...

'', TV

Awards

* St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch for contribution to the war effort

References

External links

*
Stig Egede-Nissen
at the

Swedish Film Database The Swedish Film Database ( sv, Svensk filmdatabas) is an Internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the S ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Egede-Nissen, Stig 1907 births 1988 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian military personnel of World War II Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch Male actors from Oslo