Henrik Mestad (born 22 June 1964) is a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He received the Hedda Award in 2011. Mestad was born in

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 ...

as a son of the politician Viking Mestad. He is educated at the

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and was hired 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 ...

in 1991. As a dramatist, Mestad penned and starred in the plays ''Lik meg når jeg er teit'' (1993) and ''Nansens sønn'' (2002), both of which played at Nationaltheatret. On the screen, he has starred in '' Svarte pantere'' (1992), '' Vestavind'' (TV series, 1994–95), ''

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'' (2006), '' The Art of Negative Thinking'' and '' Tatt av kvinnen'' (2007). In 2013-2014, he co-starred in seasons two and three of the Netflix original series ''

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''. From 2015–2020, he portrayed the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jesper Berg, in the political thriller '' Occupied''. He played the Viking Chieftain Olav in seasons one and three of the Netflix original series '' Norsemen (TV Series)'' in 2017 and 2020 respectively.

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* 1964 births Living people Male actors from Oslo Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors {{Norway-actor-stub