''Vi bygger landet'' (We Build the Country) is a Norwegian film from 1936, directed by

Olav Dalgard Olav Dalgard (June 19, 1898 – December 25, 1980) was a Norway, Norwegian literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator. Biography Dalgard was born Olaf Hanssen in Folldal Municipality, in Hedmark, Norway. From the age of three, h ...

. The film is a so-called "workers' film" that was created on behalf of the Workers' Educational Association (, AOF) to motivate voters in the cities to vote for the Labor Party in the parliamentary elections in 1936. Together with '' Norge for folket'' (1936) and ''

By og land hand i hand ''By og land hand i hand'' (Town and Country Hand in Hand) is a 1937 Norway, Norwegian drama film written and directed by Olav Dalgard, starring Hans Bille and Lars Tvinde. The film was made by the Norwegian Labour Party for the 1937 Norwegian loc ...

'' (1937), it is part of the so-called workers' film trilogy.

Cast

Georg Løkkeberg Georg Løkkeberg (20 November 1909 – 19 August 1986) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He appeared in 29 films between 1934 and 1978. He starred in the film '' The Master and His Servants'', which was entered into the 9th Berlin ...

as Georg Larsen * Rønnaug Alten as Tora Knudsen * Oscar Egede-Nissen as Ole Larsen * Fredrik Barth as Bredesen Jr. * Jens Holstad as Larsen *

Tryggve Larssen Tryggve Larssen (October 3, 1887 – June 28, 1967) was a Norwegian actor. Larssen debuted as an actor in Ludovica Levy's touring theatre in 1911, after which he was engaged with the National Theater in Bergen and the Norwegian Theater in O ...

as Svart-Pelle *

Toralf Sandø Toralf Sandø (April 6, 1899 in Flatanger – March 4, 1970) was a Norwegian film director and actor. He also read Olav Duun books for NRK Radio. Selected filmography * 1936: '' Vi bygger landet'' * 1937: ''By og land hand i hand ''By og lan ...

as Knudsen, a construction worker *

Eva Steen Eva Steen (née Eva Oscarsdatter Jacobsen, November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1973) was a Norwegian actress. Steen was born in Strømsø. She was the daughter of Oscar Jacobsen and Laura Sofie Fredrikke Jacobsen (née Dahl). Filmography *1933: ...

as Mrs. Larsen

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''Vi bygger landet''
at the

National Library of Norway The National Library of Norway () was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005. Prior to the e ...

1936 films Norwegian black-and-white films Films directed by Olav Dalgard {{Norway-film-stub