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Wenche Foss
Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang (5 December 1917 – 28 March 2011), better known as Wenche Foss (), was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television. Personal life Wenche Foss was born to engineer Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss (1878–1960) and Alfhild Røren. Foss grew up with an atheist mother and a devout Christian father; she inherited both views but has stated: "I could not fall asleep without the prayer". Her first marriage was to engineer and film producer Alf Scott-Hansen (1903–1961), a son of port director Alf Scott-Hansen, but the marriage was dissolved. In 1953 she married landowner and industrialist Thomas Stang (1897–1982), thus becoming a sister-in-law of Axel Heiberg Stang and daughter-in-law of Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg. Her son Fabian Stang was mayor of Oslo from 2007 to 2015. Career She made her stage debut in 1935 as Ingrid in Vilhelm Dybwad's operetta ''Taterblod''. She was subsequently part of the ensemble at the Carl Johan Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss
Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss (6 June 1878 – 26 November 1960) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Ski. He learned his trade in the companies B. T. S. for three years Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted for two years and J. Samuel White in Cowes for three years. He was then a manager in Brødrene Giebelhausens Trelastbruk in Fredrikstad before becoming a co-owner of Rosings Bro- og Gjærdefabrik in 1911. He later became the sole owner and chief executive officer. Together with Alfhild Røren (1886–1961) he had the daughter Wenche Foss (née Eva Wenche Steenfeldt-Foss), one of Norway's leading actresses from the 1930s to the 2000s. He died in November 1960 and was buried in Ullern Ullern is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. History The borough has its name from an old farm, Norse ''Ullarin''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The last element is ''vin'', meaning pasture or mea .... He was a Christian. References 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Stang
Thomas Stang (27 November 1897 – 5 January 1982) was a Norwegian forester and businessperson. He is known as founder of the company Maarud, and also as husband of actress Wenche Foss. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of landowner Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg. He was a brother of Axel Heiberg Stang, nephew of ship-owner Jørgen Breder Stang, grandson of landowner Mads Wiel Stang and politician Axel Heiberg. He was a father of landowner and industrialist Ole A. Stang, Jr., born 1923. He later married actress Wenche Foss in 1953 and had the son Fabian Stang. Career In his early life, Stang took the examen artium before working in forestry and timber business. He was a forest laborer for one year before taking forester education in Norway and the United States. He worked in Paris for Konow & Smith, then for one year at Moss Cellulosefabrik. The property Maarud in Sør-Odal had been bought by his father in 1911. From 1923 Thomas Stang operated the farm and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Dybwad
Vilhelm Dybwad (12 February 1863 – 16 March 1950) was a Norwegian barrister and writer. He wrote comedies, revues and songs. In his later years he wrote several memoir books from his life as a lawyer. Personal life Dybwad was born in Christiania as the son of bookseller Jacob Dybwad (1823–1899) and Anne Margrethe Grøntvedt Aabel (1831–1873). He was a brother of architect Peter Dybwad. He was married to actress Johanne Dybwad from 1891 to 1916, and to singer Bokken Lasson from August 1916. Both his wives are honoured with sculptures in Oslo. His son with Johanne, Nils Juell Dybwad, became a barrister. Nils married a sister of Carl Boye Semb and had the daughter Johanne "Hannemor" Dybwad, an alpine skier who married barrister Peder "Per" Gram. Career He finished his secondary education in 1881, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1886. After studying in Berlin and Paris, he was a junior solicitor in Kristiania for two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cousin From Nowhere (operetta)
''The Cousin from Nowhere'' (German: ') is an operetta composed by Eduard Künneke with a libretto by and Fritz Oliven, based on a comedy by Max Kempner-Hochstädt. It was first performed on 15 April 1921 in the Neues Schauspielhaus, Berlin. An English language version, billed as a "musical comedy", was adapted by Fred Thompson with lyrics by Adrian Ross, Robert C. Tharp and Douglas Furber, and was first performed in 1922 in the United Kingdom. A separate English language adaptation, with book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, was performed in 1923 at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway under the title ''Caroline''. The song "I'm Only a Strolling Vagabond", from the operetta, became the signature song of English performer Cavan O'Connor Clarence Patrick O'Connor (1 July 1899 – 11 January 1997), known professionally as Cavan O'Connor, was a British singer of Irish heritage who was most popular in the 1930s and 1940s, when he was billed as "The Singing Vagabond" or "The Vaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Künneke
Eduard Künneke (also seen as Edward and spelled Künnecke) (27 January 1885 – 27 October 1953 in Berlin) was a German composer notable for his operettas, operas, theatre music and some orchestral works. Kuenneke was born in Emmerich am Rhein, Emmerich, Lower Rhine. After obtaining his school diploma he moved in 1903 to Berlin where he studied musicology and the history of literature; he translated ''Beowulf'' into German. He was subsequently accepted into Max Bruch's master-school for musical composition attached to the Royal Academy of Arts. By 1907 Kuenneke was already a repetiteur and chorus master at a Berlin operetta theatre, the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Neues Operettentheater am Schiffbauerdamm, but relinquished his post as chorus master after his opera ''Robins Ende'' (1909) was premiered in Mannheim and ''Coeur-As'' (1913) in Dresden. Thereafter he received productions at 38 German opera houses. From 1908 to 1910 he also worked as a music director for Odeon Records an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
