Erik Aleksander Schjerven (born 16 October 1980) is a Norwegian actor.

Education

He graduated from the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is ...

in London, United Kingdom, in 2009.

Career

Schjerven is notable for playing Albert Lunde on the Norwegian soap-opera television series ''

Hotel Cæsar ''Hotel Cæsar'' is a Norwegian soap opera that aired on TV 2 from 24 October 1998 until 14 December 2017. From the start in 1998, the show was broadcast Monday to Friday, except during the autumn of 2006, where the show was broadcast Monday t ...

'' from 1998 throughout 2000. He has also appeared in '' Fox Grønland'', a crime series on TV 2, a Norwegian television channel. Schjerven played Jon Hatland in '' Max Manus'' (2008), a Norwegian biographical war film based on the real events of the life of World War II resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–1996). He will be seen in the upcoming film '' Robin Hood'' (2010), scheduled to be released on 14 May 2010.(in Norwegian language) Kleve, Maria L. (June 5, 2009).
"Cæsar-Erik (28) Danser med Crowe og Blanchett — I ny Robin Hood-Storfilm"
'' Dagbladet''. Accessed January 3, 2010.

Personal life

His brother,

Petter Schjerven Petter Wilhelm Blichfeldt Schjerven (born 20 October 1967) is a Norwegian television host, known from ''Typisk norsk'' which aired on NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Schjerven has previously worked as the host and scriptwriter for ...

, is a television host on the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

(NRK) television channel.

References

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Erik Aleksander Schjerven
on Filmfront

on Det Danske Filminstitut 1980 births Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Living people Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian male soap opera actors {{norway-actor-stub