Per Lothar Lindtner (July 22, 1917 – April 14, 2005) was a
Norwegian
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actor.
Early life
Lindtner was born in
Bergen
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Oslo
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. He is considered one of the greatest actors Bergen has produced in recent times, with roles such as Bosch in ''Jan Herwitz'', Vingrisen in
Nordahl Grieg
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's ''Our Power and Our Glory'', a variety of roles in several of
Shakespeare
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's plays, Njegus in ''
The Merry Widow
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'', Leopold in ''
The White Horse Inn
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is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salz ...
'', Per in ''
Erasmus Montanus
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'', and Loman in ''
Death of a Salesman
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''. He is remembered for the songs "Trikkevisen" and "Bauekorpsgutten".
Career
Lindtner began his career as an 8-year-old where he got the role as the smallest Claus in ''Journey to the Christmas Star'' in 1925. After that he played in nearly 400 different productions. Through most of his career, he collaborated extensively with Rolf Berntzen, and the two became known as a duo on stage. He lived in Bergen all his life, with the exception of two periods in
Trondheim
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(1946–1948 and 1979–1982) and in the period 1959–1961, when he was at the
Edderkoppen Theatre
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in Oslo.
His most memorable television role is the imposing parish priest in the ''
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'' episode "Tryggere kan ingen være" from 1982. He was honored with the
King's Medal of Merit
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in Gold in 1968 and was appointed a Knight of St. Olav in 1982. He had three children, one of which followed in his father's footsteps, actor
Lasse Lindtner
Lars Johan Lindtner, known as Lasse Lindtner (born March 7, 1955 in Bergen)"Lasse Lindtner" ''
Communist Party of Norway
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for years, and his son
Per Lothar Lindtner
Per Lothar Lindtner (born 1947) is a Norwegian politician. Lindtner was the head of the Communist Party of Norway from 1993 to 2001, serving in a collective leadership with Terje Krogh and Kjell Underlid from 1993 to 1998, and with Underlid fro ...
served as leader of the party from 1993 to 2001.
Lothar Lindtner died in Bergen at the age of 87.