Birgit Målfrid Strøm (9 August 1931 – 11 January 2007) was a Norwegian actress, puppeteer, dramatic adviser, singer and non-fiction writer. She was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) 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 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. She was the daughter of the actor

Julian Strøm Julian Tidemann Strøm (February 24, 1901 – October 7, 1992) was a Norwegian actor and theater director. He is known as a pioneer of Norwegian puppet theater. Family Julian Strøm was the son of the artisan Julius Strøm and his wife Marie K ...

and the sister of the puppeteer and actress

Elisabeth Strøm Henriksen Elisabeth Strøm Henriksen (February 8, 1940 – May 13, 1984) was a Norwegian puppeteer and actress. Career Puppeteer As early as 1953, Elisabeth Strøm Henriksen was active as a puppeteer. She was employed at the People's Theater () puppet ...

. She is known for giving voice to the puppets Titten Tei and Jon Arthur Vimsen. Her stage adaptations include fairy tales such as ''Det var en gang'' and ''Gjete kongens harer'', and

Alf Prøysen Alf Prøysen () (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970) was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He work ...

's ''Teskjekjerringa på teater''. Among her song recordings are "Pappa'n til Tove Mette" and "Gøy på landet" (Wheezy Anna).

Selected works

*''Dukketeater i Norden'' (1973) *''Dukketeatrets historie'' (2004)

References

1931 births 2007 deaths 20th-century non-fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian actresses 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers Actresses from Oslo Norwegian puppeteers Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights Norwegian women non-fiction writers Female puppeteers {{Norway-actor-stub