Snefrid Erika Aukland (née Kjølstad, October 5, 1884 – January 14, 1977) was a

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actress.

Family

Snefrid Aukland was the daughter of the orthopedist and lawyer Thorvald Nils Gotfrid Essendrop Kjølstad (1832–1910) and the actress Elly Kjølstad (1850–1930). She was the niece of the actress

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. She was married to the engineer Ernst Bernhard Aukland (1894–1969). She also performed under the names ''Erika Warnecke'' and ''Snefrid Warnecke''.

Acting career

Snefrid Aukland took part in the National Touring Theater ( no, Nationalturnéen), a troupe led by the theater manager

Ludovica Levy Ludovica Magdalena Marie Levy (née Dysten, from 1896 to 1906 Levy-Lavik; 7 September 1856 – 20 October 1922) was a Danish actress, theatre director and theatre critic. She toured with theatres in Denmark and Norway, and worked as instructor for ...

, from 1907 to 1911. From 1913 to 1917, she worked at the Norwegian Theater. In 1917, she sailed on SS ''Bergensfjord'' to

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to seek her fortune. At the time, she was registered as an extra living in

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. She later returned to Norway. In the fall of 1931 she took part in the

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revue, under the direction of

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, and in the 1930s she was on several tours with Bjørn Bjørnevik's theatre, where she performed in the plays ''Augustas lille feiltrinn'' (1935) and ''No'n er gifte – og andre har det godt'' (1939). Aukland appeared in several Norwegian films. She made her film debut in 1928 in

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's ''

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'', and she also appeared in the first Norwegian sound film, ''

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'', in 1931. For many years, Aukland was a prompter and a prop assistant at the National Theater in Oslo, where she was nicknamed ''Føyka''.

Modeling

Snefrid Aukland was one of the first models for the painter

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, and she is portrayed, among other works, in his painting ''Artister'' (Performers) in the

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art collection in Bergen.

Selected theater roles

*The old hag in ''Tyrihans'' by

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( Norwegian Theater, 1914) *Krestna in ''Ungen'' by

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(Norwegian Theater, 1915) *Anna in ''Per Olsen og Kjerringa hans'' (Outdoor Theater at

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, 1926) *Mrs. Vom in the children's comedy ''Knold og Tot'' by

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(Oslo Theater, 1927) *Augusta in ''Augustas lilla felsteg'' (Norwegian title: ''Augustas lille feiltrinn'') by

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(Bjørnevik Theater, 1935)

Filmography

*1928: ''

'' as a sorceress *1931: ''

'' as a woman *1942: ''

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'' as an old woman *1944: ''

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'' as a hoarder *1951: ''

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'' as a woman in the village

References

External links

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Snefrid Aukland
at Sceneweb
Snefrid Aukland
at the

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