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Mildred Mehle
Mildred Mehle (née Folkestad, August 24, 1904 – February 16, 1987) was a Norwegian actress. She appeared in three films between 1929 and 1931. Family Mildred Mehle was the daughter of the painter Bernhard Folkestad and Kari Selvig Folkestad (1884–1926). Her first marriage was to the Norwegian radio personality Eyvind Mehle, and her second to the Swedish actor Edvin Adolphson. She was the mother of the singer Olle Adolphson and the actress Kristina Adolphson. Filmography *1929: '' Frøken statsadvokat'' *1930: '' Kristine Valdresdatter'' as a farm girl *1931: '' Halvvägs til himlen'' References External links * Mildred Mehleat the 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 S ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehle, Mildred 1904 births 1987 deaths 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyvind Mehle
Eyvind Mehle (13 September 1895 – 15 July 1945) was a Norwegian radio personality, media professor and Nazi collaborator. Background He was born as Eyvind Mæhle, but changed his last name in 1930. He was hired in 1925 in Kringkastingsselskapet, the first broadcaster of Norwegian radio. One of his specialities were half-hour lectures in the form of travel descriptions. He later joined the Norwegian Fascist party Nasjonal Samling in its first year of existence, 1933, and served as its press spokesperson for some years. On 9 April 1940 Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany, and a German occupation followed. On 25 September 1940, Mehle was named as director of verbal programs in Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio. As one of two program directors, the other being Edvard Sylou-Creutz, Mehle was considered as the successor of pre-war broadcasting director Olav Midttun, despite being a subordinate of commissary president Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie. This command chain di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvin Adolphson
Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night'' (1939), and is noted for his roles in the film ''Änglar, finns dom?'' (1961), the television version of August Strindberg's ''Hemsöborna'' (1966), and as Markurell in ''Markurells i Wadköping'' (1968). He also directed the first Swedish sound film, '' Säg det i toner'' in 1929. He was actress Harriet Bosse's third husband (1927–1932) and is father of actress Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) and songwriter/composer Olle Adolphson (1934–2004). Adolphson was born in Furingstad, Sweden (Östergötland County), and died in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Selected filmography * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * ''Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922) * ''New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923) * ''The Suitor from the Highway'' (1923) * ''Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Adolphson
Kristina Adolphson (born 2 September 1937) is a Swedish film actress. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She is the daughter of the actor Edvin Adolphson and the actress Mildred Mehle, and the sister of the singer Olle Adolphson. She was married to the actor Erland Josephson. Selected filmography * '' The Beat of Wings in the Night'' (1953) * '' Young Summer'' (1954) * '' The Unicorn'' (1955) * ''The Dance Hall'' (1955) * ''When the Mills are Running'' (1956) * ''Brink of Life'' (1958) * ''The Devil's Eye'' (1960) * '' The Pleasure Garden'' (1961) * '' Face to Face'' (1976) * ''Marmalade Revolution'' (1980) * ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982) * ''Private Confessions ''Private Confessions'' ( sv, Enskilda samtal) is a 1996 Swedish drama film directed by Liv Ullmann and written by Ingmar Bergman. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. ''Private Confessions'' is a ...'' (1996) References External links * 1937 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Adolphson
Olle Adolphson (2 May 1934, in Stockholm – 10 March 2004, in Stockholm) was a Swedish writer, singer and songwriter. He released a range of books (''Aubade'', ''Foliá''), LPs (''En stol på Tegnér'', etc.) and CDs (''Älskar inte jag dig då'', ''Mässa på svenska språket'', etc.). He was the son of the actor Edvin AdolphsonOve Säverman and Marcus Boldemann (10 March 2004Olle Adolphson är död Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 30 May 2013 and the actress Mildred Mehle, and the brother of the actress Kristina Adolphson. Adolphson's theme was, according to himself, "to see the great in small things and the small in big things". Some of his most loved songs follow that description, for example ''Gustaf Lindströms visa'' ("The Ballad of Gustaf Lindström", about the human victims of urban renewal), ''Trubbel'' ("Trouble", about male disappointments and defeats), ''Nu har jag fått den jag vill ha'' ("Now I've got the one I want", about the futility of getting one's wishes), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Folkestad
Bernhard Folkestad (13 June 1879 – 9 March 1933) was a Norwegian naturalist painter and essayist. Biography Bernhard Dorotheus Folkestad was born in London, where his father assisted at the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in England. In 1882, the family moved to Drammen, where Bernhard grew up in the borough of Strømsø. After graduating at Drammen Latin School in 1896, he started as an apprentice in decoration discipline in Christiania (now Oslo) before he went to Copenhagen in 1902. Here he spent a time with Kristian Zahrtmann. From 1903-04, he was a pupil of the naturalist Laurits Tuxen at the Peder Severin Krøyer painting school. After returning to Norway in 1904, he lived in Asker. Folkestad debuted in 1905 at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo with a painting which was purchased for the National Gallery. Folkestad went on a study trip to Lübeck, Hamburg and Amsterdam during 1907. In 1909, Folkestad was in Paris at Académie Colarossi with Christian Krogh. From 1910 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegians
Norwegians ( no, nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century. During the Viking Age, Norwegians and other Norse peoples conquered, settled and ruled parts of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. Norwegians are closely related to other North Germanic peoples and descendants of the Norsemen such as Danes, Swedes, Icelanders and the Faroe Islanders, as well as groups such as the Scots whose nation they significantly settled and left a lasting impact in. The Norwegian language is part of the larger Scandinavian dialect continuum of generally mutually intelligible languages in Scandinavia. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Advocate's Gown
''The Woman in the Advocate's Gown'' (german: Die Frau im Talar; no, Frøken Statsadvokat) is a 1929 Norwegian-German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Paul Richter, and Fritz Kortner. The screenplay was based on 's novel ''Frk. Statsadvokat'', published in 1929. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby. Plot A female lawyer commits suicide after discovering the forgery case she is prosecuting had been committed by her own father. Cast *Aud Egede-Nissen as Jonne Holm *Paul Richter as Rolf Brönne *Fritz Kortner as Consul Backhaug *Mona Mårtenson as Agda, Rolf's cousin *Nikolai Malikoff as Wholesaler Holm *Wolfgang Zilzer as Leif Andersen *Synnøve Tessmann *Sigmund Ruud * Mildred Mehle *Ferdinand Bonn *Hugo Döblin *Hanni Reinwald Hanni Reinwald (24 August 1903 – 1978) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Grange p.252 Originally a child actor, she later graduated to adul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Valdresdatter (film)
''Kristine Valdresdatter'' is a Norwegian silent film from 1930. This was the last silent film produced in NorwayIversen, Gunnar. 2005. Norway. In: Tytti Soila, Gunnar Iverson, & Astrid Söderbergh Widding (eds.). ''Nordic National Cinemas'', pp. 97–134. London: Routledge, p. 103. and it was directed by Rasmus Breistein. Breistein also wrote the script, which was based on Hans Andersen Foss's novel ''Kristine: En fortælling fra Valdres'' (Kristine: A Tale from Valdres). The film premiered on 26 December 1930 and it has been aired several times by NRK. Plot Every year, Lord Wakefield comes to Vang, Oppland, Vang in the Valdres district to go fishing on the lakes. He stays at the Solbjør farm, which is owned by the bailiff Erik Solbjør. There the lord meets the beautiful Anne and falls in love with her. The next spring she gives birth to a daughter. In despair, Anne places the child on the steps of the Solbjør farm and then drowns herself in a lake. Erik cares for the girl a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half Way To Heaven (1931 Film)
''Half Way to Heaven'' (Swedish: ''Halvvägs till himlen'') is a 1931 drama film directed by Rune Carlsten and Stellan Windrow and starring Elisabeth Frisk, Edvin Adolphson and Karin Swanström.Waldman p.223 It was produced and distributed by the Swedish subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the company's Joinville Studios. It was one of a large number of multiple-language versions shot at Joinville during the early years of the sound era. It is a Swedish-language remake of the 1929 Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood Half Way to Heaven (1929 film), film of the same title. Cast * Elisabeth Frisk as Mona * Haakon Hjelde as Ned Lee * Edvin Adolphson as Nick Pogli * Karin Swanström as Madame Jenny * Torben Meyer as Director * Einar Sissener as Jack * Mildred Mehle References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000. * Wredlund, Bertil & Lindfors, Rolf. ''Långfilm i Sverige: 1930-1939''. Proprius, 1983. Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
