Thoralf Klouman (26 April 1890 – 17 May 1940) was a Norwegian satirical illustrator and actor.

Personal life

Thoralf Klouman was born in the village

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in the district of

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as the son of physician Hans Henrik Gerhard Klouman and Regina Augusta Emilie Uchermann. His father died when Thoralf was two years old, and the family then moved to

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. He was married to actress Borghild Johannessen, and was a brother-in-law of actor

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. He was the father of the actress

Wenche Klouman Wenche Klouman (May 11, 1918 – February 8, 2009) was a Norwegian actress. Family Klouman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the actor and illustrator Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. She was the sister o ...

Career

Klouman made his stage debut in 1908 at Fahlstrøms Theater in

, in

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' and Hurgon's musical comedy ''

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''. He toured with Det Nye Teater, and was appointed at Trondhjems Nationale Scene in 1911. From 1916 to 1931, he played at

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, from 1931 to 1936, he was at

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, and later at the

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. He participated in films, such as '' To levende og en død'' from 1937. He wrote a comedy for children, ''Drømmen til Radioland og dit pepperen gror'', which was staged at

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in 1925. Klouman studied drawing at the Academy of Arts in Kristiania in 1914. He delivered satirical illustrations to the newspapers ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Selected illustrations were issued in the collections ''Ondskap'' from 1912, ''Karikaturer'' from 1917, ''Tidens tegner'' from 1922 and ''Kloumans karikaturer'' from 1925. More than sixty of his caricatures are used in Rønneberg's monography on the first fifty years of Nationaltheatret. He was among the pioneers of animation film in Norway, and produced the animation film ''Admiral Palads'' in 1917, about the American president

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. Klouman died in

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on 17 May 1940, at the age of 50.

Selected filmography

* '' Song of Rondane'' (1934) * '' To levende og en død'' (1937)

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klouman, Thoralf 1890 births 1940 deaths People from Stryn 20th-century Norwegian illustrators Norwegian magazine illustrators Norwegian political artists Norwegian caricaturists Norwegian satirists Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors