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Arts Council Norway Honorary Award
The Arts Council Norway Honorary Award ( no, Norsk kulturråds ærespris) is awarded annually by the Arts Council Norway. The prize is awarded annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to Norwegian art and culture. The prize committee does not solicit nominations and the decision on award is made in closed meeting. Traditionally, no decision basis for the award is announced. The prize is monetary (in 2005 500,000 Kroner). Since the Council's thirtieth anniversary in December 1994, a bronze lion statuette by the sculptor Elena Engelsen has also been awarded. Recipients *1968 – Frits von der Lippe *1969 – Hans Peter L'Orange, professor of archaeology *1970 – Alf Prøysen, writer and singer *1971 – Alf Rolfsen, painter *1972 – Klaus Egge, composer *1973 – Hans Heiberg, writer *1974 – Hans Jonas Henriksen, Sami language proponent *1975 – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, writer *1976 – Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldis Moren Vesaas
Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation. Biography She was born on a family farm near Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. Her father was story writer, poet, and playwright, Sven Moren. (1871–1938). She was the eldest and only girl in a family of five children. Her brothers included philologist Sigmund Moren (1913–1996). She attended the teacher college in Elverum 1925-1928, and then held various jobs in Hamar and Oslo. In 1930 she moved to Switzerland, where she worked for three years as secretary. In April 1934, she married the Norwegian author, Tarjei Vesaas (1897-1970). They settled on the Midtbø farm in Vinje in Telemark County where her husband worked as a teacher (1941–43). She debuted in 1929 at 22 years old with a collection of poetry, ''Harp and Dagger'' (''Harpe og dolk''). Her more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Hval
Ella Hval (born Ella Signe Quist Kristoffersen) (7 January 1904 – 17 December 1994) was a Norwegian actress. She was principally a stage actress and was also an instructor and teacher at the Nationaltheatret student school. Personal life Ella was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was a daughter of Kristoffer Kristoffersen and Anne Marie Quist. In her younger days she was active within the labour movement, where she took part in the entertainment by playing amateur theatre. Here she met the poet Rudolf William Nilsen (1901–29), and they got married in 1924. In 1929, Nilsen died of tuberculosis after only five years of marriage. In 1932 she remarried to physician Einar Hval (1901–1958). Career She started acting professionally in 1932, when she appeared at the Oslo revue theater Chat Noir. At Søilen Teater in Oslo in 1932 she played the character "Anna" in the play ''Flammen'' (german: Die Sterne) by Hans Müller-Einigen (1882-1950). Her breakthrough was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synnøve Anker Aurdal
Synnøve Anker Aurdal (8 December 1908 – 2 April 2000) was a Norwegian textile artist. She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway to Nils Botvid Anker (1878–1943) and Gudrun Nilssen (1875–1958). She was the sister of librarian Øyvind Anker (1904–1989) and granddaughter of educator Herman Anker (1839–1896). She was married to painter Leon Aurdal (1890-1949) from 1944 until his death in 1949. She was married to painter and sculptor Ludvig Eikaas (1920–2010) from 1949. She received private schooling in Lillehammer and studied at the State Women's Industrial School (''Statens lærerhøgskole i forming'') in Oslo from 1932-34. In 1941 she had her first exhibition in the Oslo Association of Artists. Her works include ''Flammedans'' from 1955, ''Blå rytmer'' from 1956 and ''Telegram'' from 1968. In 1958, she jointly won the competition for the textile decoration of Håkonshallen in Bergen. Her work ''Høyseteteppet'' (1958–1961) appears in Håkonshallen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Nordheim
Arne Nordheim (20 June 1931 – 5 June 2010) was a Norwegian composer. Nordheim received numerous awards for his compositions, and from 1982 lived in the Norwegian government's honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. He was elected an honorary member of the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1997. On 18 August 2006, Arne Nordheim received a doctor honoris causa degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He died at the age of 78 and was given a state funeral. Musical education At the then Oslo Conservatory of Music (now the Norwegian Academy of Music), where Nordheim studied from 1948 to 1952, he started out as a theory and organ student, but changed to composition, studying with Karl August Andersen (1903–1970), Bjarne Brustad, and Conrad Baden. Then in 1955 he studied with Vagn Holmboe in Copenhagen, and studied ''musique concrète'' in Paris. Later he studied electronic music in Bilthoven (1959), and paid many visits to the Studio Ekspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Skjønberg
Espen Henrik Skjønberg (7 April 1924 – 26 August 2022) was a Norwegian actor of stage, screen, and television. Career Skjønberg made his first movie appearances as a child in the 1932 film ''En glad gutt'' and in the 1937 Norwegian classic ''Fant'', in which his mother also appeared. His stage debut came reciting poetry at the Norwegian theatre Chat Noir in 1945. He joined the Norwegian National Theatre in 1946 and became one of its most prominent figures, appearing in 64 different roles in the next 60 years. As late as 2006 he co-starred with Toralv Maurstad (who also appeared in ''Fant'') in an adaptation of '' Waiting for Godot''. Skjønberg's first starring role in films was in 1951's ''Vi vil skilles''. Throughout the years he has acted alongside Tom Courtenay, Nigel Hawthorne, Susannah York, Edward Woodward, Gérard Depardieu, and co-starred with Hollywood veterans Cliff Robertson and Robert Mitchum in the 1995 movie Pakten. In England, he was particularly associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Skouen
Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer. Biography Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenny Emanuelson (1883-1975). He graduated at Hegdehaugen School in 1933. He had three distinct career careers: journalist, author and filmmaker, partly at the same time. He was a journalist at ''Dagbladet'' from 1935 to 1941. From 1941 during World War II, Skouen was associated with the Norwegian Resistance Movement during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. From 1943 to 1945, Skouen worked at the press office in Stockholm, London, and New York City. After the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II, he returned to ''Dagbladet'' as a columnist, serving from 1946 to 1947. He then worked at ''Verdens Gang'' from 1947 to 1957. He later returned to ''Dagbladet'', where he worked from 1971 to 1995. Literary career Skouen debuted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Johan Rud
Nils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor. He is particularly known for his long-term period as editor of the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' / ''Magasinet For Alle''. Personal life Nils Johan Rud was born in Ringsaker as the son of Mons Nilsen Rud and Emma Johanne Nergaard. He married Aase Gudlaug Hellum in 1934, and is the father of Jazz drummer Espen Rud. He died in Asker in 1993. Career Rud published the children's book ''Gutter på skoggang'' in 1928, and continued writing children's books. In 1930 came ''Karsemne'', in 1931 ''Skaugumtrollet'', and ''Tusser og troll'' in 1934. He wrote ''Stifinner'' in 1935, and ''Et riktig mannfolk'' in 1936, all books for children. The book ''Alle tiders største'' was about sports, and Rud was involved as an administrator in the club IF Frisk Asker. His first novel was ''Vi skal ha et barn'' from 1933, while his breakthrough was ''Jeg er ing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Ingstad
Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the province of Newfoundland in Canada. They were thus the first to prove conclusively that the Icelandic/Greenlandic Norsemen such as Leif Erickson had found a way across the Atlantic Ocean to North America, roughly 500 years before Christopher Columbus and John Cabot. He also thought that the mysterious disappearance of the Greenland Norse Settlements in the 14th and 15th centuries could be explained by their emigration to North America. Helge Ingstad died at Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo at the age of 101. Early life Helge Ingstad was the son of Olav Ingstad (1867–1958) and Olga Marie Qvam (1869–1946) in Meråker, Nord-Trøndelag. His father was municipal engineer in Tromsø and held the title of factory supervisor. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Brandstrup
Lars Brandstrup (13 April 1913 – 25 January 1997) was a Norwegian gallerist. Biography Brandstrup was born at Horten in Vestfold, Norway. He was raised in Denmark and in 1950 he moved back to Norway. Brothers Lars and Niels Brandstrup established Galleri F 15 in Moss during 1962. In retirement, he established Galleri Brandstrup in Moss during 1986 along with his son, Kim Brandstrup. In 2002, Kim Brandstrup relocated the gallery to Oslo. He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav, Knight of the Order of the Polar Star, and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. He was awarded the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award The Arts Council Norway Honorary Award ( no, Norsk kulturråds ærespris) is awarded annually by the Arts Council Norway. The prize is awarded annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to Norwegian art and culture. The priz ... in 1985. References External linksGalleri Brandstrup Oslo 1913 births 1997 deaths Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Sivertsen
Helge Sivertsen (12 June 1913 – 21 December 1986) was a Norwegian school administrator and elected official. He was best known as a champion discus thrower in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography He was born at Mandal in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Nils Sivertsen (1877-1955) and Martha Heddeland (1883-1962). His father was a college teacher and the family moved to Inderøy in 1926. He attended folk school (''Orkdal Landslymnas'') and took artium in 1933. Sivertsen was a historian by education. He studied at the University of Oslo and became cand.philol. in 1940 with a history major. From 1938 to 1939, he studied history, politics and international relations at University of Oxford under a Norwegian Oxford Scholarship. He represented Inderøy IL in athletics competitions. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in 1934 and 1935. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he finished tenth in the discus final with a throw of 45.89 metres. His personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmund Skard
Sigmund Skard (31 July 1903 – 26 May 1995) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature. Biography Skard was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and Gyda Christensen (1868–1916). He was a brother of Bjarne Skard (1896–1961) who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Tunsberg, of University of Oslo professor Eiliv Skard (1898–1978), of senior lecturer Vemund Skard (1909-1992) and of teacher Gunnhild Skard (1912-1999). He was a half-brother of college teacher Målfrid Birkeland (1879-1963), of University of Agriculture professor Olav Skard (1881–1965) and of horticulturalist Torfinn Skard (1891–1970). He graduated artium from Kristiansand Cathedral School in 1921. He attended the University of Oslo where he earned his Cand.philol. in literature history in 1931 and took his dr.philos. degree in 1938 with the thesis ''A. O. Vinje og antikken'' on noted poet and journalist Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Stordahl
Erling Stordahl (1 August 1923 – 31 October 1994) was a Norwegian farmer and singer. He is best known for the around 120 songs he recorded throughout 17 years from 1951 together with Gunnar Engedahl. They met at the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted, and made their first hit as a duo in 1951, produced by Odeon. Erling Stordahl claimed the family line of Norway's King Magnus the Blind. His cultural leadership continued after his recording career. He raised the money to found the Beitostølen Health Sports Centre, for the handicapped children and adults of Europe, in one evening telethon, a part of the Norwegian Red Feather campaign. He also founded the Stordahl Centre for Art and Culture, and presided as chair of the United Nations' International Year for the Handicapped. The yearly Ridderrennet at Beitostølen Beitostølen is a village in Øystre Slidre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at an elevation of about above m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
