William Ivarson (March 9, 1867 – November 5, 1934) was a Norwegian actor. Ivarson was born in

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

. From 1899 until his death, he was one of the leading actors at the National Theater in Bergen. Ivarson was an energetic and versatile character actor. Among his foremost roles were Sir Andrew Aguecheek in William Shakespeare's '' Twelfth Night'', the title role in Ludvig Holberg's ''

Jeppe on the Hill ''Jeppe on the Hill; Or, The Transformed Peasant'' ( da, Jeppe på bjerget) is a Danish comedy by the Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg, written during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. The play premiered at the Lille Grønnegade T ...

,'' Hjalmar Ekdal in

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

's '' The Wild Duck'', and Celius in

Nils Kjær Nils Kjær (11 September 1870 – 9 February 1924) was a Norwegian playwright, short story writer, essayist, literary critic and theatre critic. Personal life Kjær was born in Holmestrand as the son of Nils Henrik Kjær and Christine Smest ...

's ''Det lykkelige valg.'' Ivarson also appeared in several silent films. He was the father of the film director and screenwriter

Harry Ivarson Harry Ivarson (September 7, 1892 – 1967) was a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. Ivarson was born in Chicago, the son of the actor William Ivarson and actress Anna Ivarson. In addition to Harry, the couple had a son Wictor (born in 189 ...

Filmography

* 1919: ''

Sons of Ingmar ''Sons of Ingmar'' ( sv, Ingmarssönerna), also released in the United Kingdom under the title ''Dawn of Love'',The Parson's Widow ''The Parson's Widow'' ( sv, Prästänkan), aka ''The Witch Woman'', is a 1920 Swedish comedy drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film is based on a story ''Prestekonen'' by Kristofer Janson. Plot Söfren, a recent seminary gradu ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivarson, William 19th-century Norwegian male actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors People from Horten 1867 births 1934 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male silent film actors