Karl Ludvig Erlingsøn Bugge (1 September 1915 – 1987) was a Norwegian actor, screenwriter and journalist. He attended

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and was

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president here in 1934. In 1941 he wrote a play for

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, ''Fortunas sønn Peter'', in which he also played a small part. After the Second World War he combined a journalist job in ''

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'' with jobs as an actor and stagewriter at Centralteatret. His last play, ''Det kunne ha vært deg'' was staged at over 150 locations in the Nordic countries. It was also made into a 1952 comedy film. He acted in the 1955 film ''

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''. From the 1950s he wrote in ''

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'', using the pen name "Tittern". He was also press secretary for

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for five years and steward in the gentlemen's club Det Norske Selskab for twenty years. His last book was 1978's ''Bekkimellom'', a nature depiction. Bugge was married to the actress

Wenche Klouman Wenche Klouman (May 11, 1918 – February 8, 2009) was a Norwegian actress. Family Klouman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the actor and illustrator Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. She was the sister of ...

. He died in 1987 at age 72.

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1915 births 1987 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian screenwriters 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian male actors Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century screenwriters 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-writer-stub