Ã…got Gjems Selmer
Ågot Gjems Selmer, also Ågot Gjems-Selmer, (27 October 1857 – 25 September 1926) was a Norwegian actress, writer, and lecturer. Biography Gjems-Selmer was born into a wealthy family in Kongsvinger, Norway. She was the eldest of nine siblings born to Svend Jørgen Gjems and Johanne Rolfsen. As a 12-year-old, the family relocated to Kristiania (now Oslo). She graduated in 1876 she decided to become an actor. In 1883, she married physician, Alfred Selmer (1851–1919) who became the first resident district physician in Balsfjord in the Tromsø region of Norway. After nineteen years, they moved to Ås in Akershus. They had eight children, five reaching adulthood, including the singer Tordis Gjems Selmer (1886–1964), actor Alfred Gjems Selmer (1893–1919), and actor and writer Lillemor von Hanno (1900–1984). While working as an actress, Gjems-Selmer performed at the Christiania Theatre, where in 1883, she played the role of Petra in the staging of Henrik Ibsen's ''An E ...
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