Frøydis Armand (9 April 1949 – 11 October 2022) was a Norwegian actress. She was the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of

Merete Armand Merete Armand (8 June 1955 – 22 January 2017) was a Norwegian actress. Life She was born in Bergen, a daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of actors Gisken Armand and Frøydis Armand. She was educated at the Norwegian National ...

and

Gisken Armand Gisken Armand Lillo-Stenberg (born 26 November 1962) is a Norwegian actress. She is the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Frøydis Armand, both actresses. She debuted on stage at the age of fourteen, at Den Nationale ...

, both actresses. She worked at

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christia ...

(the National Theatre) from 1972 onward, acting in plays such as Henrik Ibsen's ''

Little Eyolf Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

'', and

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

s '' Othello''. Though primarily a stage actress, Armand was probably best known to the general audience as one of the three protagonists in Anja Breien's ''Hustruer''–trilogy: ''Hustruer'' (1975), ''Hustruer – ti år etter'' (1985) and ''Hustruer III'' (1996). Armand had a child from a marriage to actor

Helge Jordal Helge Jordal (born 17 February 1946) is a Norwegian actor. He was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav in 2006 for his long career as an actor both on screen and on stage, and for his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian a ...

, and another child from a relationship with actor Kai Remlow. She died on 10 October 2022, at the age of 73.

Select filmography

* 1974: ''Mors hus'' * 1975: ''Hustruer'' * 1980: ''

Nedtur ''Nedtur'' (literally 'Downturn', released in English as ''If Music Be the Food of Love'') is a Norway, Norwegian feature film from 1980 directed by Hans Lindgren. The film is about the life of a musician and his friends. They struggle with both r ...

'' * 1985: '' Hustruer - ti år etter'' * 1989: ''

Bryllupsfesten ''Bryllupsfesten'' ( en, The wedding party}) is a 1989 Norwegian comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionall ...

'' * 1996: ''Hustruer III'' * 1999: ''Sejer - se deg ikke tilbake'' (TV) * 2000: ''Aberdeen'' * 2002: ''Jul på Månetoppen'' * 2007: ''Berlinerpoplene'' (TV) * 2009: ''

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 ...

'' (TV)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Armand, Froeydis 1949 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Norwegian actresses 21st-century Norwegian actresses Norwegian film actresses Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian television actresses