Svein Wickstrøm (March 17, 1936 – December 15, 2006)
was a
Norwegian actor and revue artist. He was employed at the
Trøndelag Theater for 35 years.
Wickstrøm was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
.
He made his stage debut with
Leif Juster at the
Edderkoppen Theater in 1955. After training at the
National Theater School, he spent two years with the
National Traveling Theater and then five years at
Chat Noir. In 1968 he started performing at the Trøndelag Theater, and he remained there until he retired in 2003.
Together with
Helle Ottesen and
Jakob Margido Esp, he performed in the cabaret show ''Store Lille Otto'', which was staged around 200 times. This performance came in several versions, called ''Store lille Trondhjem'' and finally ''Store lille verden'' in the 1990s.
He appeared in three episodes of the comedy series ''
Fleksnes Fataliteter'', and he is particularly remembered for his role as "Bed Rail" ( no, Sengehesten) in the episode "Rotbløyte" from 1982.
Wickstrøm was a regular panelist in the radio program ''20 spørsmål'' (20 Questions), which aired locally in Trøndelag in the 1990s.
Wickstrøm played over 150 characters in theater, revue, film, radio, and TV.
In 1985 he received the Per Aabel Honorary Award, and in 1996 he was awarded the Trøndelag Theater Friends' Honorary Award. He received the
Norwegian Association of Theater Directors grant in 1966 and the city of Trondheim's cultural grant in 1971.
Filmography
* 1961: ''
Går ut i kveld'' as Horne (
NRK Television Theater)
* 1965: ''
Vaktpostene
''Vaktpostene'' (The Guards) is a Norwegian drama film from 1965 directed by Arne Skouen. The screenplay was written by Skouen and Johan Borgen.
Plot
The film is about a recruit named Arild, who runs away from his military service and arrives at ...
'' as Carl, a member of the military police
* 1966: ''
Kontorsjef Tangen'' (TV series)
* 1967: ''
Musikanter
''Musikanter'' (The Musicians) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1967 directed by Arne Skouen, who also wrote the screenplay. Leif Juster appears in the role of Maistro. The film premiered on August 29, 1967, at theaters in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, ...
''
* 1968: ''
De ukjentes marked
''De ukjentes marked'' (The Market of the Outcasts) is a Norwegian film from 1968. It was directed by Nils R. Müller, who also wrote the screenplay and edited the film. The film is based on Åge Rønning's 1966 novel ''De ukjentes marked''. The ...
'' as David
* 1968: ''
Mannen som ikke kunne le
Mannen (lit. "The Man") is a mountain in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tall mountain is located just west of Horgheim, along the river Rauma in the Romsdalen valley. Mannen has a distinctive needle peak. The mountai ...
''
* 1968: ''
Smuglere
''Smuglere'' (The Smugglers) is a Norwegian crime film from 1968 directed by Rolf Clemens. The screenplay was written by Liv Clemens, who based it on Arthur Omre's 1935 novel of the same name.
Plot
In the 1920s, the unemployed architect Ernst ...
''
* 1982: ''
Fleksnes fataliteter'' in the episode "Rotbløyte" as "Bed Rail" ()
* 1976: ''
Fleksnes fataliteter'' in the episode "Trafikk og panikk" as the spokesman for Falken
* 1985: ''
Hustruer - ti år etter'' as the travel agent
* 1985: ''
Papirfuglen'' as the undertaker
* 1987: ''
På stigende kurs'' as the banker
* 2002: ''
Fleksnes fataliteter'' in the episode "Himmelen kan vente" as the angel
References
External links
*
Svein Wickstrømat Sceneweb
Svein Wickstrømat the
Swedish Film Database
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1936 births
2006 deaths
Male actors from Oslo
Norwegian male stage actors
Norwegian male film actors
20th-century Norwegian male actors