Edvard Drabløs (1 April 1883 – 29 April 1976) was a
Norwegian actor and theatre director.
Biography
Drabløs was born at
Sykkylven Municipality
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in
Møre og Romsdal
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, Norway. He was the son of Jens Helgesen Drabløs (1856–1925) and Olave Velle (1852–1917). He worked most of his professional career at
Det Norske Teatret, from 1912. He was the director of this theatre from 1915 to 1916 and 1950 to 1951. He also appeared in approximately twenty films, beginning in the 1910s through the 1950s.
[Edvard Drabløs]
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. It is part of the '' Great Norwegian Encyclopedia''.
Origin
The first print edition (NBL1) was issued between 1923 and 1983; it included 19 volumes and 5,100 articles.
Kunnskapsforlaget to ...
, retrieved 26 March 2013
He was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1953. Drabløs died in
Oslo
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in 1976 at the age of 93.
Filmography
References
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1883 births
1976 deaths
People from Sykkylven
Norwegian male stage actors
Norwegian theatre directors
Norwegian male film actors
Norwegian male silent film actors
20th-century Norwegian male actors
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