Svein Scharffenberg (21 June 1939 – 5 December 2017) was a Norwegian actor and stage director. He was born in

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. He started his acting career at

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene ( en, National Theater) is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has root ...

in the season 1967–1968, and was assigned with

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from the next season. He joined

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from its establishment in 1971. He staged ''Sukkerbrød med kaviar'', written by

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, for

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in 1975. He staged the first production at Torshovteatret,

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's play ''Lever du'a Karlsen?'', in 1977. Among his film roles is the murderer in ''

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'', and he played leading roles in ''

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'' from 1976 and ''

Arme, syndige menneske ''Arme, syndige menneske'' ( en, Poor, sinful man}) is a 1980 Norwegian drama film directed by Egil Kolstø, starring Svein Scharffenberg and Anne Marie Ottersen. Journalist Erik Mogensen (Scharffenberg) from Oslo travels to Copenhagen ...

'' from 1980. He received the Amanda Award in 2001, for best actor in Norwegian film last year (in the film '' Når nettene blir lange'').

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1939 births 2017 deaths Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Theatre people from Oslo {{norway-actor-stub