Alfred Jentoft Maurstad (26 July 1896 – 5 September 1967) was a Norwegian actor, movie director and theatre manager.

Biography

Alfred Jentoft Maurstad was born at Bryggja in Davik (now

Vågsøy Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center was the town Måløy. Other population centers in Vågsøy included ...

) in

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...

, Norway. He was the son of Brynnel Maurstad (1859–1943) and Lovise Marie Brølos (1867–1943). Maurstad attended a military academy in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

(''Bergenske Brigades Underoffiserskole''). During his teenage years he performed in several concerts in the district of

Nordfjord Nordfjord ( en, Northern fjord—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district of Norway. Geography The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises the muni ...

, playing on his

Hardanger fiddle A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than ...

. He moved to Kristiania and debuted in 1921 at

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabl ...

. He began working at the

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christia ...

in 1930. He was the theatre manager at

Trøndelag Theater Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmark ...

from 1945 to 1950. Maurstad played main parts in several films including '' Fant ''(1937), '' Gjest Baardsen'' (1939), '' Tørres Snørtevold'' (1940) and ''

Trysil-Knut ''Trysil-Knut'' is a Norwegian film from 1942. Rasmus Breistein directed this skiing melodrama during the German occupation of Norway. It tells the story of the legendary skier Knut from Trysil, an ardent patriot at the beginning of the 1800s w ...

'' (1942). He was a member of the

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

Personal life

He was married twice; first in 1925 to Tordis Elfrida Witzøe (they divorced in 1943) and second in 1956 to Gro Scott-Ruud. His daughter

Mari Maurstad Mari Maurstad (born 17 March 1957) is a Norwegian actress. She debuted at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) in 1981, and has worked there since. Here she has had roles such as Polly in Brecht's ''The Threepenny Opera'', and Mrs. Sørby in ...

(born 1957) and son

Toralv Maurstad Toralv Maurstad (24 November 1926 – 4 November 2022) was a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He was the son of actor Alfred Maurstad and actress Tordis Maurstad (née Witzøe), and half-brother of actress Mari Maurstad. His screen ...

(born 1926) are both actors. He was also the father-in-law of actress Beate Eriksen, his son's third wife.

Filmography

;Actor *1926 – ''

Brudeferden i Hardanger ''Brudeferden i Hardanger'' ( no, The bridal procession in Hardanger}) is a 1926 Norwegian silent drama film directed by Rasmus Breistein, starring Aase Bye. The script was written by Breistein, based on the novel ''Marit Skjølte'', by Kris ...

'' *1932 – ''

Fantegutten ''Fantegutten'' (The Gypsy) is a Norwegian film from 1932 directed by Leif Sinding. Sinding also wrote the screenplay, which was based on Harald Meltzer's novel of the same name, published posthumously in 1873. Egil Sætren designed the sets ...

'' *1934 – '' Liv'' *1935 – '' Samhold må til'' *1937 – '' Fant'' *1938 – ''

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'' *1939 – '' Gjest Baardsen'' *1940 – '' Bastard'' *1940 – '' Tørres Snørtevold'' *1941 – '' Hansen og Hansen'' *1942 – ''

'' *1948 – '' Jørund Smed'' *1951 – '' Ørnedalen'' (''Valley of the Eagles'') *1951 – '' Ukjent mann'' *1958 – '' Laila'' *1958 – '' Ut av mørket'' *1960 – ''

Det store varpet ''Det store varpet'' ( en, The Big Hoard}) is a 1961 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller, starring Finn Bernhoft, Per Christensen and Jack Fjeldstad. The film is about two brothers who are working as fishermen with their father. It w ...

'' ;Director *1941 – '' Hansen og Hansen'' *1942 – '' En herre med bart'' ;Screenwriter *1935 – '' Samhold må til'' *1941 – '' Hansen og Hansen'' ;Musician *1939 – '' Gjest Baardsen''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maurstad 1896 births 1967 deaths People from Vågsøy Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian film directors Norwegian screenwriters Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people 20th-century screenwriters