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Grace Grung
Hjørdis Grace Grung (née Lehmann, December 2, 1895 – November 14, 1988) was a Norwegian actress. Career Grace Grung performed in two one-act plays for the Norwegian Broadcasting Company in 1925. Grung appeared in four film roles between 1931 and 1957. She made her film debut in Tancred Ibsen's ''Den store barnedåpen''. Family Grung was the daughter of the shopkeeper Harald Martin Lehmann (1863–1947) and his wife Inger (1871–?). In 1920 she married the architect Leif Grung (1894–1945), with whom she had a son, Geir Grung (1926–1989). She is not to be confused with Leif Grung's cousin, the actress Grace Elisabeth Grung (1889–1974). Filmography * 1931: ''Den store barnedåpen'' * 1942: ''Jeg drepte!'' as the surgery nurse * 1950: ''To mistenkelige personer'' * 1957: '' Slalåm under himmelen'' as the nurse References External links * Grace Grungat Filmfront Filmfront is a Norwegian website for films and television series similar to Internet Movie Database. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Elisabeth Grung
Grace Elisabeth Grung (May 5, 1889 – February 4, 1974) was a Norwegian actress. Family Grace Elisabeth Grung was the daughter of Arnt Henrik Grung (1859–1924), an office manager at a steamship shipping company, and Grace Elisabeth Simonsen (1855–1899). She was unmarried. She was a cousin of the architect Leif Grung, not to be confused with his wife, the actress Grace Grung. Career Grace Elisabeth Grung debuted at the National Theater in 1909 and was intermittently engaged with that theater until the summer of 1919. She then toured with Agnes Mowinckel's ensemble and performed with the experimental Intimate Theater ( no, Intimteatret). She was at the Trondheim National Theater from 1923 to 1925, took part in Hans Bille's tour in 1929, performed at the Carl Johan Theater The Carl Johan Theater ( no, Carl Johan Teatret) was a theater in Oslo, Norway. It was initially located in the Christiania Tivoli amusement park in Oslo from 1893 to 1895, where it was led by Olaf Mørc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Deaths
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet troops begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 Uprising rect 200 400 400 600 1988 Armenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfront
Filmfront is a Norwegian website for films and television series similar to Internet Movie Database. Filmfront also covers various news on movie and celebrity material from both within and outside Norway. It has information on over 28,000 films, 3,000 short films, 220,000 actors and 6,500 TV shows. A community website with the option for users to share their information in a profile, it is modeled after Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk .... Filmfront is owned by Filmfront AS, a Norwegian company owned Pål Frostad and Omega Media AS. References External links * Online film databases Norwegian film websites {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slalåm Under Himmelen
Slalåm under himmelen (Slalom beneath the Sky) is a Norwegian drama film from 1957 directed by Edith Carlmar. The filmscript was written by Hans Christensen. Plot Three young pilots, who have been trained abroad, return home to Norway, where they begin their professional careers. Cast *Per Christensen as Second Lieutenant Sigurd Bakke * Marius Eriksen Jr. as Lieutenant Colonel Eriksen *Lisbet Bull as Gerd's aunt *Grace Grung as the nurse *Turid Haaland as Mrs. Riesing, Arne's mother *Jan Halvorsen as Second Lieutenant Thor Granli *Nils Jørstad as Lieutenant Colonel Jørstad *Jan Larsen as Major Moe *Irene Newermann as Sigurd's girlfriend * Rolf Falkenberg Smith as Lieutenant Colonel Bråtland *Synnøve Strigen as Gerd, Thor's fiancé * Anders Sundby as Bakke senior, Sigurd's father *Wilfred Werner as Second Lieutenant Arne Riesing *Ingrid Øvre Wiik as Mrs. Berntsen, Riesing's neighbor References External links * ''Slalåm under himmelen''at the National Library of Norway ... [...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] |
Jeg Drepte!
''Jeg drepte!'' (I Have Killed!) is a Norwegian film directed by Toralf Sandø. It premiered on August 17, 1942. Plot A doctor is operating on a male patient. Under anesthesia, the man reveals that he is in a relationship with the doctor's wife. After the operation, complications arise, the man dies, and the doctor is convinced that he is the one that killed the man. In order to rid himself of the obsession, the hospital decides that he should do a similar operation and succeed with it. Because they do not dare risk any of the regular patients, the doctor's wife is selected for the procedure without him knowing who he is operating on. Cast * Rolf Christensen: Gunnar Bøhmer, a doctor * Tore Foss: Kristian Solberg * Guri Stormoen: Mrs. Fredriksen * Sigrun Otto: Miss Bull * Gunvor Hall: Mrs. Johansen * Joachim Holst-Jensen: Fredriksen * Jack Fjeldstad: Bagge, a doctor * Synnøve Øian: Berit, a nurse * Johannes Eckhoff: Berg, a doctor * Oscar Amundsen: Bjørnstad, a doctor * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Store Barnedåpen
''Den store barnedåpen'' (The Great Christening) is a 1931 Norway, Norwegian comedy film. It was directed by Tancred Ibsen and featured Einar Sissener, Aase Bye and Unni Torkildsen. It was the first feature-length Norwegian sound film. It was based on the 1925 play of the same name written by Oskar Braaten (1881–1939). The lacklustre Harald (Sissener) is taken in by Alvilde (Bye), and charged with looking after her bastard child. It soon dawns on both of them that Harald has more potential than previously assumed. Cast References External links * * ''Den store barnedåpen'' at the Norwegian Film Institute 1931 films 1931 comedy films Films directed by Tancred Ibsen Norwegian black-and-white films Norwegian comedy films 1930s Norwegian-language films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tancred Ibsen
Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. He married dancer and actress Lillebil Ibsen in 1919, and remained married to her until his death in 1978. His son Tancred Ibsen, Jr. (1921–2015) was a Norwegian diplomat. Aviation career In 1917, Tancred Ibsen started pilot training at Kjeller Airport and began his career in the Norwegian Army Air Service. He started the first civilian active airplane company, ''A/S Aero'' in 1920, financed by his uncle, businessman Einar Bjørnson, and two shipowners. The company successfully operated demonstration, advertising, and limited mail flights with Ibsen as the head pilot. The company also chartered airplanes to the Det Norske Luftfartrederi routes in southern Norway. The activity of ''A/S Aero'' ended, with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kringkastingsselskapet
Kringkastingsselskapet A/S ("The Broadcasting Company") was Norway's first radio broadcasting service and operated out of Oslo from 1925 until 1933, when it was taken over by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). History The Norwegian Telegraphy Administration started examining the question of radio broadcasting in 1922. After consulting other countries, it recommended that the government own and operate the transmission infrastructure. In 1923 Norway abolished its earlier ban on listening to foreign radio stations without a permit. At the same time, the obtaining of a licence to transmit was made a legal requirement. Several companies had already banded together in 1922 with a view to obtaining permission to broadcast. The financing of their broadcasting operations was to be based upon a combination of the revenues obtained from on-air advertising and the licence fees payable by those purchasing and owning a radio set. In a bid to avoid some of the problems that had arisen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
