Tore Dyveke Segelcke (23 April 1901 – 22 September 1979) was a Norwegian

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Biography

Tore Løkkeberg was born at Fredrikstad in

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, Norway. Her parents were Georg Løkkeberg (1872–1951) and Hulda Marie Hansen (1878–1941). She was the sister of actor

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(1909–1986). She made her debut in 1921 touring with

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where she was based until 1924. From then on she worked with Det Frie Teater, and then joined the

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. In 1928 she went to

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, where she stayed until 1972, apart from two years (1933-35) at

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. In her time, she was one of Nationaltheatret's leading actresses in both classical and modern dramatics. She took a total of 104 roles at Nationaltheateret. In the 1950s, Segelcke shaped her own ''Individual Theatre''. In 1954, she went to many European cities. including Copenhagen, Paris and Vienna, with her "One Woman Show", with extracts from ''Bergliot'' by

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''Medea'' by

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and ''Din stemme'' by

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. It was a great success, and she toured the US in 1956 and 1958.

Personal life

She was married from 1927–42 to her colleague Lasse Segelcke (1898–1942) and from 1945–1959 to surgeon Anton Raabe (1889–1959). During her marriage to Anton Raabe, they bought and restored a number of old houses and buildings: Bjørnsgård on Lake Bogstadvannet in Oslo (1930-1955); Uppigard Streitlien (today Folldal bygdetun) in

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from 1942 to 1957; and Huldreheimen in

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. From 1959 onwards, she spent many summers in

References

Other sources

*Segelcke, Tore. ''Med luft under vingene''. Aschehoug, 1959 * Rønneberg, Anton. ''Skuespillerinnen Tore Segelcke''. Aschehoug, 1946 * Jonsmoen, Ola. «Hos Tore Segelcke på Uppigard Streitlien i Folldal» I: ''Årbok for Glåmdalen'' 1973

External links

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museumsnett.no
About Folldal bygdetun, with full biography

About Bjørnsgård {{DEFAULTSORT:Segelcke, Tore Norwegian stage actresses People from Fredrikstad People from Folldal 1901 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Norwegian actresses