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Bør Børson Jr. (musical)
''Bør Børson Jr.'' is a Norwegian musical based on the novel '' Bør Børson Jr.'' written by Johan Falkberget in 1920. The musical was written by Egil Monn-Iversen (music) and Harald Tusberg (book/lyrics). The performance is considered the first Norwegian musical, and has since its premiere in 1972 achieved great popularity. It is still being performed in theaters across Norway. The plot follows Bør, a young businessman from the countryside, with big ambitions and great naivety. He runs the village's general store and often travels on business trips to Trondheim. Before he achieves his fame and wealth, he must fight against seductive maidens, «village beasts», and stock speculators. The action is set in the fictional village of Olderdalen in Sør-Trøndelag. ''Bør Børson Jr.'' confirmed that not only Broadway and West End could be suppliers of premises for musicals, but that stories from Norway were also suitable for musical theater. The performance was even at one poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Monn-Iversen
Egil Ragnar Monn-Iversen (14 April 1928 – 7 July 2017) was a Norwegian musician, one of the most influential modern composers in Norway. He has had many important roles in Norwegian music, film, opera, television, comedy and theater. For some time he had so much influence in Norwegian culture that he got the nickname ''The Godfather'', even though he always considered himself a down-to-earth musician. Monn-Iversen owned a film production company, a record label, and an agency for musical artists, he was the founder of the vocal group The Monn Keys, he was the CEO at the Chat Noir theatre, chairman at The Norwegian Opera and from the 1960s until his death in 2017 worked in NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) and Det norske teatret (The Norwegian Theatre). He composed scores to over 100 Norwegian movies and TV series. Monn-Iversen was married to the Norwegian actor and singer Sølvi Wang until her death in 2011. Ownership and positions Egil Monn-Iversen established and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End (London)
The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, England, in the London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated - and as such the term "West End" is used internationally as a metonym for London's theatre district and associated performing arts scene - just as " Broadway" is used to describe that of New York City. The term was first used in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross.Mills, A., ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) While the City of London is the main financial district in London, the West End is the main commercial and entertainment centre of the city. It is the largest central business district in the United Kingdom. It is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Musicals
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Berle
Jon Leif Berle (July 12, 1932 – November 30, 2010) was a Norwegian actor, dancer, and choreographer. He performed in productions at the Norwegian Theater and the Norwegian Opera. He also choreographed ''My Fair Lady'' for Opera Week in Kristiansund, and he arranged and translated ''Carmen'' for the Vestfold Symphony Orchestra in 1981. In 1990, he was the director of the ''russ'' revue ''Røde rytmer'' at the Hjertnes Civic and Theater Center in Sandefjord, and he was awarded the title "honorary ''russ''" the same year. Filmography * 1960: ''Millionær for en aften'' as a dancer * 1960: ''Omringet'' * 1961: '' Oss atomforskere i mellom'' * 1962: '' Operasjon Løvsprett'' as a soldier * 1970: '' Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry'' as the gangster in shirt sleeves * 1972: ''Olsenbanden tar gull'' as the driver * 1974: ''Ungen'' as a worker * 1974: '' Bør Børson Jr.'' as a ballet dancer * 1975: '' Olsenbandens siste bedrifter'' as the bus driver * 1977: '' Olsenbanden og Dynami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Alveberg
Kjersti Alveberg (26 July 1948 – 19 October 2021) was a Norwegian choreographer and dancer. Over the last 30 years of her career she created ballets for stage and television and won prestigious awards for her work. Early life Kjersti Alveberg began to dance at the age of four, but not until she was 19 she took the decisive step of starting her dance studies at Norwegian National Academy of Ballet in Oslo, working at the same time at Chat Noir as a dancer. Aiming at sociology she went on to study dance in New York City, Amsterdam, London and Paris before attending the Nansen Academy. For several years she was a freelance dancer at the Oslo theatres, in fringe groups and in television. For 5 years she was a dancer, actor and singer at Det Norske Teatret doing musicals and plays, also working in TV and in fringe dance companies. Her choreographic debut came in 1975, with "Tomorrow?" at The Norwegian Opera's Ballet Workshop. Breakthrough In 1984 Kjersti won international acclaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berit Kullander
Berit Kullander (born March 23, 1938) is a Norwegian actress, dancer, and singer. Kullander performed in the Norwegian Opera Company's productions of the ballets ''Swan Lake'' and ''La Sylphide''. After that she danced at Chat Noir from 1954 to 1965. At the Norwegian Theater from 1965 to 1967, her roles included Anita in ''West Side Story'' and the secretary in the stage adaptation of Franz Kafka's ''The Trial''. For six seasons she was at the National Swedish Touring Theatre (1967–1972), Intimate Theater, and Oscar Theater. She performed with the Norwegian National Traveling Theater from 1976 to 2005. In addition, she toured with Jens Book-Jenssen. Filmography * 1956: '' Gylne ungdom'' as a dancer * 1962: '' Operasjon Løvsprett'' as Goggen's girlfriend * 1965: '' Klimaks'' * 1966: '' Kontorsjef Tangen'' (television) as the lady at the information desk * 1968: '' Festival i Venedig'' (television) as a starlet * 1971: '' Gråt elskede mann'' as Helen References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frimann Falck Clausen
Frimann Falck Clausen (February 15, 1921 – March 23, 1983) was a Norwegian actor. He played the role of the truck owner Hjul in the children's series '' Jul i Skomakergata'' in 1979 and the wealthy farmer Torsøien in the Norwegian film comedy '' Bør Børson Jr.'' and its sequel. Clausen started his acting career at the Frater Theater in Drammen, where he took part in both revues and theater productions. Later he moved to Oslo, where he performed at several theaters, among them the Norwegian Theater, Oslo New Theater, and National Theatre. He also took part in several productions of NRK's Television Theater. In 1958, Clausen married the actress Anne-Lise Tangstad. Clausen died in 1983. He was cremated at the Vestre crematorium in Oslo and buried in Bragernes cemetery in Drammen. Filmography * 1951: ''Ukjent mann'' as the second officer * 1965: ''Vaktpostene'' as the actor * 1966: '' Nederlaget'' as Brunel ( Television Theater) * 1966: ''Reisen til havet'' as the she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Wilberg
Sverre Wilberg (24 December 1929 – 19 July 1996) was a Norwegian actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ..., perhaps best remembered as the clumsy police superintendent Hermansen, always going after Egon and the rest of Olsenbanden. Sometimes he manages to catch up with them, and sometimes he fails completely, and is often demoted by his superior to parking ticket guard, officer of the riding police, and such. He died in Oslo in 1996. References External links * Norwegian male film actors 1929 births 1996 deaths Actors from Fredrikstad 20th-century Norwegian male actors Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Breistrand
Wilfred Breistrand (April 29, 1921 – August 3, 2007) was a Norwegian actor and film director. Biography Breistrand made his debut in 1941 at the Trøndelag Theater as Amund in ''Til Sæters'' by Claus Pavels Riis. He performed there until 1944, at the New Theater from 1944 to 1948, at the National Theatre in Oslo from 1948 to 1970, with NRK's Television Theater from 1970 to 1973, and with the Norwegian theater after 1973. Among other roles, he played Elias in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's ''Over ævne I'', Gustav in Helge Krog's ''Konkylien'', Lebcau in Arthur Miller's '' Incident at Vichy'' (Norwegian title: ''Det hendte i Vichy''), various roles in Shakespeare plays (Bottom in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Banquo in ''Macbeth'', and Horatio in ''Hamlet''), and the title role in ''Ambassador'' (Norwegian title: ''Ambassadøren'') by Sławomir Mrożek. He appeared in a large number of Norwegian films, debuting in ''Ni liv'' in 1957. He also played leading roles in the televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Sand
Rolf Sand (21 February 1920 – 20 May 2018) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Kristiania; a half-brother of Bjørn Sand Bjørn Hjalmar Sand (19 September 1928 – 18 December 2024) was a Norwegian revue writer and actor. Life and career Sand was born in Oslo on 19 September 1928, and was half brother of Rolf Sand. He married Unni Bernhoft in 1955, was son-in- .... He made his stage debut in 1949, in the title role in Holberg's comedy ''Den pantsatte bondedreng''. From 1952 to 1954 he performed at the Trøndelag Theater, and then at the National Traveling Theater from 1954 to 1958. He worked at the Norwegian Theater from 1962 until his retirement in 1987. He played a large number of minor characters in Norwegian film productions. Sand died in May 2018 at the age of 98. References 1920 births 2018 deaths Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors {{norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sølvi Wang
Sølvi Valborg Wang (28 August 1929 – 31 May 2011) was a Norwegian singer, actress and comedian. Wang was born in Bærum, Akershus, to the jazz musician Yngvar Wang and the singer Marie Gulbrandsen. Already at an early age, she sang with her father's orchestra on the radio and in concert. Wang met Egil Monn-Iversen while in school, and in 1948 she founded the music group The Monn Keys together with him. Wang debuted as a recording artist in 1950, in a duet with Arve Opsahl. Later she recorded solo albums, and was responsible for 18 releases in the years up until 1955. Wang combined her solo career with performances with The Monn Keys, which now also included the singers Nora Brockstedt and Per Asplin. In 1954, the group performed their first variety show, ''Over alle grenser'', at Chat Noir in Oslo. She worked at Chat Noir in the years 1952 to 1963, then at Edderkoppen from 1963 to 1964, before moving to Det Norske Teatret. Though she continued to regularly appear in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Langlie
Britt Langlie (born 14 January 1945) is a Norwegian stage, film and television actress. Information Born in Trondheim, she made her debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1966. From 1967 she has worked at Det Norske Teatret. In 1981 she was awarded the Norwegian Theatre Critics' Prize for her role as Edith Piaf Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning '' strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian lang ... in ''Piaf''. at Det Norske Teatret She has also appeared on the screen, mostly in televised plays. References External links * 1945 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
