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Monstertorsdag
''Monstertorsdag'' (Monster Thursday) is a Norwegian film from 2004. The film was directed by Arild Østin Ommundsen. It was made by largely the same Stavanger-affiliated crew that made '' Mongoland''. The project also brought in the Danish actors Kim Bodnia and Iben Hjejle. The film takes place in a surfing environment in Jæren and in Stavanger. On "Monster Thursday," the perfect wave will arrive. The film is about a quirky love triangle between a surfer, his carpenter's best friend, and the surfer's wife (played by Silje Salomonsen), who was previously married to the carpenter, Even (played by Vegar Hoel) Reception The film received a " die throw" of 4 in ''Dagsavisen'', in ''Dagbladet'', in ''Adresseavisen'', in ''Bergens Tidende'', '' VG'', ''Nordlys'', and 5 in ''Aftenposten''."Høstens nest beste norske", ''Aftenposten'' 14 October 2004 Plot The story begins as Skip (Kim Bodnia) is proudly telling a boy about the only surfer who rode a "monstrous" wave during a storm. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arild Østin Ommundsen
Arild Østin Ommundsen (born August 5, 1969) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. Early life and education Arild Østin Ommundsen was born in Stavanger. He attended Stavanger University College, where he studied directing. Career In 1999, Østin Ommundsen won the Gullstolen Award at the Short Film Festival in Grimstad with the film ''Før solen ståd opp'' (1999). He made his debut with the feature film '' Mongoland'' in 2001, for which he wrote the script together with Gro Elin Hjelle. The film won the Amanda Committee's Golden Clapper technical award in the 2001 Amanda Awards. ''Mongoland'' helped start the Stavanger wave in Norwegian film, and several of the actors that were involved have subsequently had great success. Østin Ommundsen has since directed and written the screenplay for '' Hjemsøkt'' (2003), ''Monstertorsdag'' (2004), '' Rottenetter'' (2009), '' Eventyrland'' (2013), '' Now It's Dark'' (2018), and '' Tottori! Sommeren vi var alene'' (2020). For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silje Salomonsen
Silje Østin Salomonsen (born July 12, 1978) is a Norwegian actress and musician from Randaberg. Career Salomonsen has had roles in the Norwegian feature films ''Monstertorsdag'', ''Jonny Vang'', ''Detektor'', '' Mongoland'', '' Now It's Dark'', and '' Hjelperytteren''. In 2009 she appeared in the film '' Rottenetter'', directed by her husband Arild Østin Ommundsen. For the film '' Jernanger'' from 2009, she was casting manager, and for the short film '' Før solen står opp'' from 1999 she was an assistant prompter. She has also been a presenter on the television series ''U ''on NRK and worked at the Rogaland Theater, where, among other things, she took part in the production of Charles Dickens' ''Nicholas Nickleby''. Together with her husband Arild Østin Ommundsen, she wrote and directed the children's film '' Tottori! Sommeren vi var alene'' from 2020, in which the couple's two daughters, ages nine and five, played the main roles. Together they were nominated for the 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Bodnia
Kim Bodnia (born 12 April 1965) is a Danish actor, writer, and director. He became widely known for his role as police detective Martin Rohde in the Scandinavian crime drama series '' The Bridge''. He became internationally known for his lead role as drug dealer Frank in Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 directorial debut '' Pusher''. Today he is best known as Konstantin in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's 2018 BBC America spy thriller TV series ''Killing Eve''. In 2009, Bodnia won the 62nd Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and in 2014 he won the Monte-Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. In 2019 he earned a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Killing Eve''. Early life Bodnia was born in Copenhagen on 12 April 1965 and grew up in Espergærde. He comes from a Jewish family with Polish and Russian ancestry. In 2014, he described himself as "half-Russian, half-Polish and all Jewish". When asked in 2011 whet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristoffer Joner
Kristoffer Joner (born 19 September 1972) is a Norwegian actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Villmark'' and ''The Man Who Loved Yngve''. He was a part of Rogaland Teater when he was 14 years of age until his early 20s. He was one of the founders of Cementen pub located in Stavanger, Norway. In 1996, he got the role as Ståle Pettersen in an original NRK series called ''Offshore'', a role he kept until the shows cancellation in 2000. In the same year, he got his first movie role in a Pål Jackman movie by the name of Detektor, where he played the role of a satanist. In 2005, Joner received Amanda Award for best male actor, for his role in the movie '' Naboer'', and again in 2012 for his role in ''The Orheim Company''. Additionally, he is the nephew of musician Sverre Joner, and cousin of singer Alexandra Joner. Career Joner's films include ''Detector'', '' Mongoland'', '' Villmark'', ''Loose Ends'', ''Samaritan'', ''Min Misunnelige Frisør'', '' Kissed by Winter'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Tjelta
Pia Merete Tjelta (born 12 September 1977, in Stavanger) is a Norwegian actress. Tjelta graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2006, but had already appeared in many films. She made her film debut in 2001 in the film ''Mongoland''. She entered the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2000, but after taking a two-year maternity leave, she did not manage to graduate until 2006. In 2005, she also worked on the jury of the TV series ''Filmstjerne'' on TV 2 (Norway), TV 2. She made her stage debut in 2006 with the play ''Fyrverkerimakarens dotter'' at Det Norske Teatret. In 2007 she starred in the play "Få meg på, for faen" (based on the Norwegian book by the same name) at Det Norske Teatret, where she played Maria. In February 2007, she received much media coverage for her lead role in the Norwegian romantic comedy ''Mars og Venus''. The film was described as the year's big feelgood film. In 2014, she teamed up with designer Tine Mollatt to create a dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Skolmen
Christian Skolmen (born 28 October 1970) is a Norwegian film, stage, television and voice actor who has been part of the Nationaltheatret since 1995, where he has appeared in The Pretenders (Ibsen), the Three Musketeers ( Dumas) and Bakkantinnene (Euripides). He has also performed at the Torshovteatret in Ondskapen ( Guillou), and the Trøndelag Teater in Peer Gynt (Ibsen). On TV, Skolmen has appeared in ''Hunter'' (NRK), ''Hombres'' (TV-Norge) and in '' Sejer'' (NRK), based on the series of novels by Karin Fossum. He is the son of artist Jon Skolmen. In summer 2008, Christian Skolmen appeared in Populærmusikk fra Vittula at the Christiania Theatre. Selected filmography *2003: ''Buddy'' *2004: ''Monstertorsdag'' *2006: ''Miracle'' *2008: ''Ulvenatten ''Ulvenatten'' (Night of the Wolf) is a Norwegian action and drama film from 2008 directed by Kjell Sundvall. It is based on Tom Egeland's 2005 novel of the same name. The film premiered in Norway on February 29, 2008. The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Film Institute
The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. Also known as ''Filmhuset'' ("the film house"), it is located in Gothersgade in central Copenhagen. Facilities directed at the general public include a library and Cinemateket which is Denmark's national film museum. It is an institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The current director of the film institute is Claus Ladegaard. The institute is a member of European Film Promotion, the network of European film organisations for the worldwide promotion of European film. History The Danish Film Institute was founded in 1972, replacing the Danish Film Foundation (Danish: Den Danske Filmfond). In 1996 a new Danish Film Act merged the Film Institute with Statens Filmcentral and the National Danish Film Museum with effect from the following year and at the same ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Lasse August Dørum Backer
Lasse is a common masculine given name in Nordic countries. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars or Lauri. People Notable people named Lasse include: * Lasse Aasland (1926–2001), Norwegian politician *Lasse Åberg (born 1940), Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist *Lasse Gjertsen (born 1984), Norwegian animator * Lasse Granqvist (born 1967), Swedish sports commentator * Lasse Hallström (born 1946), Swedish film director *Lasse Holm (born 1943), Swedish composer, lyricist and singer *Lasse Jensen, professor of theoretical chemistry *Lasse Karjalainen (born 1974), Finnish retired footballer *Lasse Kjus (born 1971), Norwegian former alpine skier *Lasse Kukkonen (born 1981), Finnish hockey defenceman *Lasse Mårtenson (1934–2016), Finnish singer and composer *Lasse Nielsen (other) * Lasse Nieminen (born 1966), Finnish ice hockey player * Lasse Pirjetä (born 1974), Finnish hockey forward *Lasse Pöysti (1927–2019), Finnish actor *Lasse Qvist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Iversen Kanic
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Siri Kalvig
Siri Margrethe Kalvig (born 6 November 1970 in Stavanger) is the founder and former managing director of the weather forecasting company Storm Weather Center, which was established in 1997. In 2014 she completed her doctorate in offshore technology at the University of Stavanger. Before that, she managed the Storm Weather Center's Stavanger office. She has also been a board member at the University of Stavanger in the period 2007 to 2009. Since 2018, she has been managing director of the state-owned company Nysnø Klimainvesteringer. Biography Kalvig was a weather forecaster on TV 2, where she started in 1992, and has since worked with weather and meteorology. She has a daily weather column on the back of the VG newspaper. She has studied physics and astrophysics at the University of Oslo, and meteorology at the Department of Geophysics at the University of Bergen (UiB). At UiB, she took a master's degree in 2005. The title of her master's thesis in meteorology was "Lokal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
