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Eugen Skjønberg
Conrad Eugen Skjønberg (March 27, 1889 – July 25, 1971) was a Norwegian actor. Eugen Skjønberg was married to the actress Henny Skjønberg. They resided at Ramstad. He was the father of Per Skjønberg, Pål Skjønberg, and Espen Skjønberg, and the grandfather of Hennika Skjønberg, Siv Skjønberg, and Jo Skjønberg, all of whom were actors and actresses. Skjønberg started his career in the banking industry in Kragerø and Skien, but in his twenties he was discovered in the amateur theater by a dance teacher, who recommended him to Alma Fahlstrøm in 1913. Fahlstrøm referred him to Sophie Reimers for training, as well as for singing lessons with Maja Flagstad. Then he received a job at the Stavanger Permanent Theater (''Stavanger faste scene'') with Thora Hansson, and he made his debut as Johan Tønnessen in Henrik Ibsen's ''The Pillars of Society''. He remained there until 1920. He was then engaged with the National Theater from 1920 to 1924 before he went to Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kragerø
Kragerø () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. The city of Kragerø lies furthest south in the county of Telemark. The London-based newspaper ''The Independent'', published an article on Kragerø stating that "When Norwegians want to get away from it all they head for Kragero. Forests, fjords and islands await them at the place where Edvard Munch found peace and relaxation." The population of Kragerø quadruples during its summer months due to high tourism. Edvard Munch fell in love with Kragerø in his time, and called it "The Pearl of the Coastal Towns" (''Perlen blandt kystbyene''). In 2002, ''The Independent'' published an article on the region's coastline saying that "It may not have many sandy beaches, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chat Noir
Chat Noir ( French for 'black cat') is a cabaret and revue theatre in Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1912 by Bokken Lasson. The current director is Tom Sterri. Establishment Chat Noir was established as a cabaret in 1912 by singer Bokken Lasson and her later husband, writer Vilhelm Dybwad, modelled after the Paris cabaret Le Chat Noir from the 19th century. During a visit to Paris in the early 1890s Bokken Lasson had found the inspiration of her life. She experienced the literary cabarets of the time, and performers such as Yvette Guilbert. The next years she toured European cities, wearing a self-composed costume, singing gypsy songs and playing lute, performing on the street, at restaurants, cabarets and occasionally in musical comedies. Chat Noir opened 1 March 1912 in the Tivoli building. Bokken Lasson managed the cabaret from 1912 to 1917. Chat Noir became a cultural meeting place, with the artists Christian and Oda Krohg (Bokken's sister) as leading figures. Their s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Will (1923 Film)
''Iron Will'' (Swedish: ''Hårda viljor'') is a 1923 Swedish silent drama film directed by John W. Brunius and starring Eugen Skjønberg, Linnéa Hillberg and Torsten Hillberg.Sadoul p.32 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Norway. The film's sets were designed by the art director Axel Esbensen. Cast * Eugen Skjønberg as Ove Rolandsen * Linnéa Hillberg as Marie van Loos * Torsten Hillberg as Fredrik Mack Jr. * Karin Alexandersson as Priest's Wife * Solveig Bang as Helga Levion * Lilla Bye as Elise Mack * Helge Kihlberg as Guest * William Larsson as Levion * Yngve Nyqvist as Henriksen * Gustav Ranft as Fredrik Mack Sr. * Carl Ström as Priest * Albert Ståhl Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ... as Enok References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jomfru Trofast
''Jomfru Trofast'' (Miss Faithful) is a Norwegian film from 1921 based on a folk play with a script by Vilhelm Krag.Krag, Vilhelm. 1906. ''Jomfru Trofast: folkekomedie i 4 akter''. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Company.Waldekranz, Rune. 1985. ''Filmens historia: de första hundra åren från zoopraxiscope till video'', vol. 1: ''Pionjäråren 1880–1920''. Stockholm: Norstedt, p. 551. The film is a story from Southern Norway and was directed by Rasmus Breistein. The sets were designed by Egil Sætren. The film is fully preserved, and it has been restored and digitized. Plot Tone, who lives with her uncle Albertus, is in love with the Tellef, a poor sailor. Albertus sends Tellef to sea to prevent the relationship from developing. Tone becomes upset and promises eternal faithfulness to Tellef, and she rejects every suitor that comes to her. Albertus sends a letter to Tellef, who is in Pensacola, Florida, and says that Tone is planning to marry the bailiff. Tellef leaves the ship he is work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix (1921 Film)
''Felix'' is a Norwegian silent drama film from 1921. The film is based on the story ''Keiser Felix'' by Gustav Aagaard. It was adapted into a screenplay by Gunnar Nilsen-Vig, who was also the film's cinematographer. Rasmus Breistein directed the film, and it was distributed by Kommunenes Filmcentral. Plot As autumn storms are blowing in over the island of Fagerøy, the priest's wife Else Margrete and her child die in childbirth. During the storm, a ship is also wrecked off the island, and the only survivor is a three-month-old boy. The maritime pilot Abraham takes the child to the rectory, and the young priest accepts the boy as a gift from heaven for the child he has lost. The boy is baptized Felix and grows up with the priest's daughter Signe. Abraham's son Thorleif is the children's best friend and playmate. The years go by, and the children are confirmed. Signe has become a beautiful woman and Thorleif is in love with her. Felix also has feelings for her, but he lives in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Medal Of Merit
The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold and silver. The medal in gold is rewarded for extraordinary achievements of importance to the nation and society. The medal in silver may be awarded for lesser achievements. The medal is suspended from a ribbon in the colours of the Royal Standard of Norway. The medal in gold is ranked eighth in the ranking of Norwegian orders and medals. The medal in silver is ranked 11th. Design of the Medal * The obverse shows the head of the reigning Monarch with name and motto. To date (2015) there have been three versions: Haakon VII (1908–1957), Olav V (1957–1991), and Harald V (since 1991). * The reverse bears a wreath and the words "KONGENS FORTJENSTMEDALJE" (Royal Medal of Merit) with the recipient's name engraved in the middle of the wreat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vi Gifter Oss
''Vi gifter oss'' (We're Getting Married) is a Norway, Norwegian black-and-white film from 1951 directed by Nils R. Müller. Müller also wrote the screenplay for the film. The film starred Henki Kolstad and Inger Marie Andersen. Plot It is summer and the composer Petter Gran is on vacation when he suddenly hears a scream from Miss Hermansen. The brakes on her bicycle fail, and she ends up in the water. He helps her out of the water, but the bicycle is broken and so they continue spending the summer together. They return to Oslo and soon afterwards get engaged. She is introduced to Petter's parents. His mother is not enthusiastic about her, but his father welcomes her into the family. The couple soon get married. They have difficulty finding their own place to live, and so they have to live with Petter's parents. His mother's dislike of Kari eventually becomes such a big problem that the couple is forced to move to Kari's former apartment. However, they have bought a site where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Mistenkelige Personer
''To mistenkelige personer'' (Two Suspects) is a Norwegian crime drama from 1950 directed by Tancred Ibsen. The film is about the murder of two sheriffs in Norway and the subsequent hunt for the criminals. The script is based on Gunnar Larsen's 1933 novel ''To mistenkelige personer'' (Two Suspects). The novel is loosely based on a real incident that happened in Ådal in 1926. The film was banned from being shown in Norway for reasons of privacy. The verdict was upheld until the end of the 1990s. Background The film adaptation of the book is based on the true story of the sheriffs' murders at Vågård, an event that took place at Vågård in Ytre Ådal on August 22, 1926, when two sheriffs from Ringerike tried to arrest two safe blowers and robbers. Both sheriffs were killed, and the double murder triggered a large-scale hunt for the perpetrators. About the film ''To mistenkelige personer'' holds a special place in Norwegian film history. Already during the filming, one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fant (film)
''Fant'' (The Gypsy) is a Norwegian film from 1937 based on Gabriel Scott's 1928 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Tancred Ibsen, who was also wrote the script for the film. The film premiered on December 26, 1937 at the Eldorado Cinema in Oslo. The film is about a young orphaned girl Josefa (played by Sonja Wigert), who escapes from her wicked uncle (played by Einar Tveito) and eventually falls in love with a Roma named Fændrik (played by Alfred Maurstad). Fændrik belongs to a seafaring group of Roma that travel around Southern Norway, and in many ways the film is typical of the contemporary view of the Roma people and their culture. Guri Stormoen, who played the role of Mathilde, said that during the production her opponent Alfred Maurstad had stabbed her in the stomach with a knife during the filming of a fight scene, and that director Ibsen had ordered the actors to "fight seriously, otherwise it would look idiotic, of course. And with that, we had to yell at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The League Of Youth
''The League of Youth'' ( no, De unges Forbund) is a play by Henrik Ibsen finished in early May 1869.Watts, Peter (1965). ''A Doll's House and Other Plays'', Penguin Classics. See "Introduction". It was Ibsen's first play in colloquial prose and marks a turning point in his style towards realism and away from verse. It was widely considered Ibsen's most popular play in nineteenth-century Norway. Though rooted in serious events of the time, the play was lauded for its natural and witty dialogue, cynical humour and farcical intrigue. Summary Taking a different tack than Ibsen's earlier political play ''The Pretenders'', ''The League of Youth'' features a protagonist Stensgaard, who poses as a political idealist and gathers a new party around him, the 'League of Youth', and aims to eliminate corruption among the "old" guard and bring his new "young" group to power. In scheming to be elected, he immerses himself in social and sexual intrigue, culminating in such complexity that at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Dick Dickens
''Dickie Dick Dickens'' is a satirical radio play by and . The play, which tells the story of Dickie Dick Dickens' rise from simple pickpocket to gangster leader in Chicago, was first produced in Germany in 1959 by Bayerischer Rundfunk, which produced the last of its 51 episodes in 1976. Radio Bremen, Schweizer Radio DRS, Norwegian National Broadcasting NRK and Swedish National Broadcasting Sveriges Radio also made their own productions. It became particularly popular in Norway where it was voted the most popular radio play of all time in 2001. Rolf and Alexandra Becker also published five books parallel with the production of the radio play. A theatre play based on the radio play debuted in Norway in 2011. The plot The story is set in the 1920s in Chicago#20th_and_21st_centuries, Chicago and tells the story of Dickie Dick Dickens evolving from a simple pickpocket to the "most dangerous man in Chicago's underworld", "a shining star in the wonderful million city's gangster sky". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radioteatret
Radioteatret is a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produces audio plays for radio broadcasting. It was established in 1927. In January 2021, ''Verdens Gang'' cited a report from NTB, saying that Radioteatret ow isbeing decommissioned; furthermore "the theatre will get a new life as podcast". Directors Its first theatre director was Gunnar Neels-Hansson, who headed the theatre until 1950. Later directors have been Jens Gunderssen from 1950 to 1952, Hans Heiberg from 1952 to 1973, and Gerhard Knoop from 1973 to 1984. Merete Skavlan headed the theatre from 1984 to 1991, and Nils Kristian Heyerdahl from 1991. Early history The private company Kringkastingsselskapet started broadcasting in Norway in 1925. When the state-owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) was formed in 1933, most of the administration was transferred to NRK, including the music and theatre departments. In 1925 and 1926, broadcast drama consisted mostly of pure reciting from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
