Svein Randor Tindberg (born 25 June 1953) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

; the son of Snorre Tindberg and Inger Mogstad. He made his stage debut 13 years old at

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)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 Drabl� ...

in 1966, in the musical ''

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''. As an actor, he has worked for

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, Det Norske Teatret,

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 ...

and

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. His film debut was in ''

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'' from 1979. His one-man performances with texts based on

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became very popular. His prizes include ''Teaterkritikerprisen'', the

Telenor Culture Award Telenor Culture Prize, titled 'Boundless Communication', is given annually to performing artists or organizations that have made an extraordinary contribution within culture in Scandinavia, but who also are established internationally. The prize w ...

in 1995, ''Bibelprisen'' in 1996 and ''Brobyggerprisen'' in 2001.

References

1953 births Living people Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors {{Norway-actor-stub