Sverre Udnæs (20 September 1939 – 27 August 1982) was a Norwegian playwright, dramatist, director and stage producer. He directed a wide range of performances for both television and theater and served as an artistic adviser for the National Theater (''Nationaltheatret'').

Biography

Udnæs 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 ...

, Norway. He was the son of Hans Udnæs (1892–1973) and Astrid Wium (1903–96). He was educated at the

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

. In 1960, he got a job at the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the larges ...

(NRK). In 1963 he became a producer for NRK and in 1967 director. He wrote and produced for radio and television, in particular at

Radioteatret Radioteatret is a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produces audio plays for radio broadcasting. It was established in 1927. In January 2021, ''Verdens Gang'' cited a report from NTB, saying that Radioteatret ow isbeing ...

and

Fjernsynsteatret Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 (after about a year of experimental operation), and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisati ...

. From 1978 he was an artistic advisor and director at

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiani ...

. His plays were staged at various theatres, including

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� ...

and

Oslo Nye Teater Oslo Nye Teater is a theater located in Oslo, Norway. The theater has its main stage in its own theater house at Rosenkrantz' gate 10. It is one of Norway's most visited theatres. Oslo Nye Teater AS is wholly owned by Oslo Municipality. His ...

. His play ''I dette hvite lyset'' from 1976 was basis for the 1977 drama film ''Øyeblikket''.

References

1939 births 1982 deaths Theatre people from Oslo People educated at Oslo Cathedral School NRK people 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian male writers Norwegian theatre directors Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights {{Theat-bio-stub