Fridtjof Mjøen (3 August 1897 – 21 October 1967) was a Norwegian actor and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

. He made his stage debut at

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in 1927. He was artistical director at

Det Nye Teater Det Nye Teater was a theatre that opened in Oslo in 1929, and ended as an independent theatre in 1959, when it merged with Folketeatret to form Oslo Nye Teater. The theatre's original purpose was to support contemporary Norwegian drama. History Th ...

from 1936 to 1937. During the 1940s and 1950s he played in various films, and in audio plays at

Radioteatret Radioteatret is a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produces audio plays for radio broadcasting. It was established in 1927. In January 2021, ''Verdens Gang'' cited a report from NTB, saying that Radioteatret ow isbeing ...

Selected filmography

* '' Snowshoe Bandits'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Twelve Minutes After Midnight'' (1939) * ''

One, But a Lion! ''One, But a Lion!'' (Swedish: ''En, men ett lejon!'') is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Håkan Westergren, Annalisa Ericson and Marianne Aminoff.Larsson & Marklund p.118 The film's art direction was by Arne ...

'' (1940) * '' Vigdis'' (1943) * ''

I moralens navn ''I moralens navn'' (The Moral Reputation) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1954 directed by Olav Engebretsen. It stars Eva Lunde, Fridtjof Mjøen, and Anita Thallaug. The film is based on Finn Bø's play with the same name, which premiered at th ...

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1961)

References

1897 births 1967 deaths Actors from Magdeburg Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male radio actors {{norway-actor-stub