Lars Tvinde (11 September 1886 – 25 June 1973) was a Norwegian stage and film actor.

Biography

Tvinde was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of Knut Haldorsen (1843–1927) and Eli Jørgensdotter Leidal (1842–1927). He attended Voss folkehøgskule and for eight years, he worked for his uncle at a store in

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. He also appeared at amateur theater in

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. He started working for

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabl� ...

in Oslo during 1912. He said the first lines at the theatre's opening performance,

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's ''Ervingen'', on 2 January 1913. He is regarded as one of the driving forces at Det Norske Teatret, from its first season until his retirement in 1958. During his time on stage, he created memorable characters in both comic and the tragic roles. He also had a number of roles in film. He made his film debut in 1920 as Haldor in ''

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'' directed by

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. He played in ''Himmeluret'' (1925), ''Bra mennesker'' (1937) and ''

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'' (1940). Tvinde was a board member of the Norwegian Acting Federation 1932-39. He was awarded the Hulda Garborgs stipend in 1926 and the

Norwegian Theatre Critics Award The Norwegian Theatre Critics Award (''Den norske Teaterkritikerprisen'' or ''Kritikerprisen'') is awarded by the Norwegian Critics' Association (''Norsk Kritikerlag'') and has been awarded every year since 1939 (except 1940–45). Norwegian Critics ...

(''Teaterkritikerprisen'') in 1939 and awarded the State artist grant (''Statens kunstnarløn'') in 1955. Tvinde was decorated Commander of the

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in 1964.

Personal life

In 1923 he married Gudrun Friedricksen (1894–1982).

Filmography

References

Other sources

* Dalgard, Olav (1966
''Lars Tvinde''
(Oslo : Noregs boklag)

External links

* 1886 births 1973 deaths People from Voss People from Hordaland Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal {{Norway-actor-stub