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Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.''Per Aabel er død''
(Dagbladet. December 23, 1999)
''Aabel-prisen''
(Dagbladet Nyheter. May 17, 2001)
Portrait of Per Aabel 1934
Family genealogy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aabel, Per 1902 births 1999 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male comedians Spellemannprisen winners Storytellers Norwegian male dancers Norwegian dancers Norwegian choreographers 20th-century Norwegian male actors 20th-century comedians
Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.''Per Aabel er død''(Dagbladet. December 23, 1999)
Biography
Per Aabel was the son ofHauk Aabel
Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel (21 April 1869 – 12 December 1961) was a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film.
Career
Aabel made his début on stage on 11 October 1897 at the Christiania Theatre in Oslo, and was ...
, a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film, and the actress Svanhild Johannessen. He was the brother of the actor and translator Andreas Aabel. He studied at Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in London, after studying at the ballet teacher Enrico Cecchetti. He also attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. He then embarked on training with the theatre director Max Reinhardt in Vienna before making his stage debut in 1931.
Aabel spent a number of years as a principal actor and teacher with major theatre companies in Oslo during the 1930s, and was the director of the Carl Johan Theater ( no, Carl Johan Teatret between 1933 and 1938. He did not appear in film until the late 1930s. He is more renowned though for his work with the Norwegian theatre. He was employed at the Centralteatret, Central Theatre from 1938 to 1940 and the National Theatre (Oslo), National Theatre from 1940 to 1972.
In the public mind he is probably best remembered as an esteemed raconteur. After his retirement, Per Aabel was a frequent entertainer on television as a storyteller. He appeared frequently at national events and artist anniversaries. His statue, by Norwegian sculptor Nina Emilie Sundbye, was unveiled outside the stage entrance of the National Theatre in 1999. He is buried at Vestre gravlund, Oslo Western Civil Cemetery.
Awards
Aabel was given the Karl Gerhard honorary award in 1970, Årets Peer Gynt in 1972, the St. Hallvard Medal in 1976, and the Amanda (award), Amanda Honorary Award in 1988 and 1998. He was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1978. In 1988 Aabel was decorated the Grand Cross of St. Olav (Storkors) - awarded to heads of state as a courtesy and in rare cases to individuals for merit. The Per Aabel Honorary Award (''Per Aabels ærespris'') is awarded annually on Aabel's birthday, April 25. The award was established in 1979 and the first award granted to a talented, Norwegian actor or actress in 1980. The prize includes a statuette of Per Aabel designed by Nina Sundbye. The committee that selects the prize winner is made up of Wenche Foss, Bjarte Hjelmeland and theater director Eirik Stubø.(Dagbladet Nyheter. May 17, 2001)
Selected works
* ''Variety Is the Spice of Life'' (1939) * ''En herre med bart'' (1944) * ''Et spøkelse forelsker seg'' (1946) * ''Du verden'' (1950) * ''Brudebuketten'' (1953) * ''Den stundesløse Per Aabel'' (1980)References
Other sources
* Lillo-Stenberg, Ole (ed.) ''Alene på scenen: Per Aabel og tekstene hans'' (2001) (Andresen & Butenschøn) * Hansen, Jan Erik (1993.) ''Kjære Per Aabel'' (Cappelen)External links
*Portrait of Per Aabel 1934
Family genealogy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aabel, Per 1902 births 1999 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male comedians Spellemannprisen winners Storytellers Norwegian male dancers Norwegian dancers Norwegian choreographers 20th-century Norwegian male actors 20th-century comedians