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Brannen (film)
''Brannen'' (The Fire) is a Norwegian film from 1973. The film is based on Tarjei Vesaas's novel ''Brannen''. Haakon Sandøy directed the film and Jan Grønli played the lead role. Unn Vibeke Hol played the girl in the film. Nils Vogt made his film debut in ''Brannen''. Plot The film is about a young boy that lives alone in a modern housing complex. He has a small room with a telephone that rings more or less constantly. When he picks up the phone, he only hears a busy signal. Eventually, he flees the apartment block in panic. The boy lets himself be led by different people that appear completely unexpectedly. He gets involved in a search team looking for a young girl. When the search crew is completely exhausted after a few days, the boy finds the girl. The film has a surreal feel. Background ''Brannen'' is based on one of Tarjei Vesaas's most unusual novels. The film's plot and form of expression are largely true to the novel. The Norwegian Media Authority described the film as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haakon Sandøy
Haakon may refer to: Given names * Haakon (given name) * Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name * Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name * Hakon, Danish spelling of the name People Norwegian royalty * Haakon I of Norway (c. 920–961), the Good * Haakon Sigurdsson, Earl of Hlaðir (c. 937–995), king of Norway in all but name * Haakon Ericsson (died c. 1029–1030), Earl of Lade and governor of Norway from 1012 to 1015 as a vassal under Danish king Knut the Great * Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068–94) * Haakon II of Norway (died 1162), Haakon Herdebrei * Haakon III of Norway (1170s–1204), Haakon Sverreson * Haakon IV of Norway (1204–1263), the Old * Haakon V of Norway (1270–1319), Haakon V Magnusson * Haakon VI of Norway (c. 1340–1380), as ''Håkan'' also King of Sweden * Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957) * Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (born 1973), crown prince of Norway Other people * Håkan the Red (fl. late 11th century), Swedish ruler * Haakon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Media Authority
The Norwegian Media Authority ( no, Medietilsynet) is a Norwegian government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Equality charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films. It enforces rules on content, advertising and sponsorship for broadcast media, rates movies, administers newspaper production grants and enforces rules on media ownership. Activities The authority's tasks include * rating movies * enforcing rules on content, advertising and sponsorship for broadcast media; handling license applications for local broadcast media * handling applications for newspaper production grants for non-leading newspapers, minority language newspapers and Sami newspapers * overseeing and intervening against the acquisition of media ownership (either prohibiting the acquisition or merger, or allowing an acquisition on such conditions as the Authority sets, including ordering the divestment of other media ownership interests. History The agency was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Norwegian-language Films
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Norwegian Drama Films
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1973 Films
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Swedish Film Database
The Swedish Film Database ( sv, Svensk filmdatabas) is an Internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the ''Filmhuset'' building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm. The building, comp .... It contains information about all Swedish films from 1897 onwards and foreign films that had cinema premiere in Sweden. It also provides many biographies of actors, directors, producers etc. who participated in Swedish films over the years. It is created with the support of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The database comprises about 62,000 films (17,000 Swedish films) and 265,000 people. References External linksSwedish Film Database Swedish film websites Online film databases Databases in Sweden {{website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Norway
The National Library of Norway ( no, Nasjonalbiblioteket) 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 existence of the National Library, the University Library of Oslo was assigned the tasks that normally fall to a national library. The Norwegian ISBN Agency, responsible for assigning ISBNs with prefix 82- and 978-82-, is part of the National Library of Norway. The National Library is also responsible for legal deposits made from publishers in Norway. All material is to be submitted free of charge. History On 15 August 2005, Norway opened a fully functioning national library for the first time in its history. This occurred exactly 100 years after Norway dissolved its union with Sweden. Although gaining independence in 1905 marked the peak of Norwegian nationalism, it took Norway a century to go from being a sovereign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KÃ¥re Wicklund
Kåre or Kaare is a given name. Notable people with the name include: People Kåre *Kåre Øistein Hansen (1927–2012), Norwegian politician (SV) * Kåre Øvregard (born 1933), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Kåre And The Cavemen, Norwegian rock band formed 1990, disbanded 2000 *Kåre Berg (1932–2009), Norwegian MD, professor in medical genetics, physician-in-chief and researcher *Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa (1918–1991), Norwegian ceramic designer *Kåre Bluitgen (born 1959), Danish writer and journalist *Kåre Christiansen (1911–1964), Norwegian bobsledder * Kåre Dæhlen (1926–2020), Norwegian diplomat * Kåre Fostervold (born 1969), Norwegian politician for the Progress Party * Kåre Gjønnes (1942–2021), Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party *Kåre Grøndahl Hagem (1915–2008), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party * Kåre Harila (born 1935), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party *Kåre Hedebrant (born 1995), Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Sletta
Nils Sletta (23 April 1943 – 26 November 2020) was a Norwegian actor. Career Born in Tuddal in 1943, Sletta made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1964. His next assignments were with Riksteatret from 1965 to 1967, and with Trøndelag Teater from 1967 to 1969. From 1969 he was appointed at Det Norske Teatret. He made his film debut in 1967, in Skouen's ', and appeared in around thirty films or television series. In 1997 he received the Theatre Critics Award from the Norwegian Critics' Association, for his role "Mattis" in a theatre adaptation of Vesaas' novel '' Fuglane''. He received Aksel Waldemar's Memorial Prize twice, in 2001 and 2007, for his contribution to the application of Nynorsk language on stage. Playing the character "Tor" in the TV series ''Berlinerpoplene'' (based on novels by Anne B. Ragde), earned him the Gullruten Gullruten ("Golden Screen") is an annual award for the Norwegian TV industry, founded in 1998 by ''Norske Film- og TV-produsenters fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øyvind Øyen
Øyvind Øyen (March 7, 1905 – December 23, 1993) was a Norwegian actor. Øyen was born in Trondheim, the son of the timber merchant Mikal Øien (1871–1922) and Amalie Rebekka Slåttelid (1878–1952). When Øyen was nine years old, his family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo). After graduating from high school in 1921, Øyen traveled to the United States, where he worked as an accountant in Chicago. In 1923, he received a bachelor's degree from California State University, and then worked for three years at the Norwegian Club in Chicago and at the same time performed in amateur theater. Øyen began his professional theater career in 1931 in the role of Napoleon in Johan Bojer's ''Maria Walewska'' at the National Theater in Bergen. He remained at that theater until 1933, after which he became a freelance actor with involvement at the Søilen Theater, among other venues. From 1936 to 1938, Øyen was at the National Theater in Oslo and made a name for itself in two plays by Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Andreas Larssen
Lars Andreas Larssen (27 March 1935 – 29 January 2014) was a Norwegian stage, film and television actor.Skuespilleren Lars Andreas Larssen er død side2.no. Career Larssen was born in the village of , near in . His debut came in 1957, playing a minor role in the blockbuster '' Nine Lives''. He had a larger role in the 1959 film ' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vegard Hall
Vegard is a Norwegian given name. It may refer to: Given name * Vegard Aanestad (born 1987), Norwegian footballer * Vegard Arnhoff (born 1977), Norwegian sailor * Vegard Bergan (born 1995), Norwegian footballer * Vegard Braaten (born 1987), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Breen (born 1990), Norwegian cyclist * Vegard Robinson Bugge (born 1989), Norwegian cyclist * Vegard Bye (born 1951), Norwegian political scientist, writer, consultant and ex-politician * Vegard Ellefsen (born 1950), Norwegian diplomat * Vegard Erlien (born 1998), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Forren (born 1988), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Hansen (born 1969), Norwegian football coach * Vegard Heggem (born 1975), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Høidalen (born 1971), Norwegian beach volleyball player *Vegard Berg Johansen (born 1973), Norwegian footballer *Vegard Lysvoll (born 1989), Norwegian footballer * Vegard Leikvoll Moberg (born 1991), Norwegian footballer * Vegard Bjerkreim Nilsen (born 1993), Norwegian cross-cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
