Eivind Hjelmtveit (16 August 1926 – 11 February 2017) was a Norwegian cultural administrator. He was born in

Eydehavn Eydehavn or Eydehamn is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the centre of the town of Arendal, about northeast of the village of Saltrød, about south of the village of ...

, and attended school in Arendal and

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. He started his career at

Riksteatret Riksteatret (English: National Traveling Theater) is a Norwegian touring theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or ima ...

in 1950 as a secretary, and was the director of Riksteatret from 1968 to 1975 and later Oslo Kinematografer from 1975 to 1993. He was also behind the establishment of Hålogaland Teater in 1971 and also

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and

Teater Ibsen Teater Ibsen (from 1975 to 1991 Telemark Teater) is a theatre in Skien in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. The theatre was established in 1975 as Telemark Teater, and changed its name to Teater Ibsen in 1991. The theatre serves as regional theatre fo ...

. He is decorated as a Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He resided in

Frogner Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen. The borough is named af ...

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 ...

. Hjelmtveit died in his hometown on 11 February 2017, aged 90.

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1926 births 2017 deaths Norwegian theatre directors Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres People from Arendal {{Norway-bio-stub