Arild Feldborg (18 April 1912 – 26 October 1987) was a Norwegian playwright, revue writer, script writer, humorist and broadcasting person.

Personal life

Feldborg was born in

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, Austria-Hungary, as the son of wholesaler Henry Theobald Feldborg and Petra Normandine Schnitler Blehr, and grew up in Norway. He was married to headmaster and secretary Aase Refsdal from 1948. He died in

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in 1987.

Career

Feldborg graduated as

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in 1934. He wrote for revue theatres from the late 1920s, and his breakthrough came in 1934 with the song "Å" (co-written with

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), in the

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 L ...

revue ''Det hendte i går''. Among his songs from the 1930s are "Norge, våkn opp!" from 1934 ( en, Norway, Wake Up!, performed by

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) and "Penere og penere" ( en, Nicer and nicer, performed by

Einar Rose Einar Rose (27 January 1898 – 3 February 1979) was a Norwegian actor, revue artist, singer and restaurant keeper. He was among Norway's most popular singers, and recorded more than 300 songs between 1927 and 1941. He made his debut in the rev ...

in 1936, on Mussolini's attack on Ethiopia). His song "Bursda'n min" ( en, My Birthday, performed by Einar Rose acting as a short man with moustache), was stopped by the police after strong protests from the German Minister in Norway. During the

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from 1940 to 1945 he took part in the resistance in various ways. While in exile in Sweden he wrote songs for the Norwegian police troops in Sweden. His song ", co-written with

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, was met with wild enthusiasm when it was introduced by

in May 1945. He also collaborated with other songwriters such as Arild Haga, Otto Nielsen and

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. Among his post-war songs are "Vigelandvise" (performed by Einar Rose), "Måten da ser De" (for

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), and "Swingdilla" (for

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had his artistical breakthrough in 1958 with Feldborg's song "Operasangeren". He worked for the

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from 1947, first within the radio's entertainment department, and later at

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. He also wrote for television. Among his works are a book on

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, ''Bridge med Arild Feldborg'' from 1965, the crime novel ''Malkesaken'' (co-written with

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) and a book on solving

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s, ''Damms kryssordløser'' from 1982. He edited the anthology ''Humor i Norge'' ( en, Humor in Norway) from 1974. His comedy ''Mannfolk'' was performed at

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in 1980. He wrote the television opera ''Sjakk'' from 1980, and the musical ''Balder'' from 1984. He was awarded the

Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most importan ...

in 1980.

References

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