Kolbjørn Buøen (20 January 1895 – 5 October 1975) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in

Flå Flå is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flå. The municipality of Flå was established when it was separated from the municipality of Nes on 1 January 1905. The munici ...

. He made his stage debut at

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene () is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has roots dating back to its ...

in Bergen in 1920. He played "the hangman" in the first stage adaptation of

Pär Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from hi ...

's ''Bödeln'' in 1934, a play that received much attention. Buøen was appointed at Den Nationale Scene from 1920 to 1938, and thereafter at

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo () 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 Christiania Theatre, which was ...

from 1938 to 1965. He made his film debut in 1951, in ''

Kranes konditori ''Kranes konditori'' (Krane's Café) is a Norway, Norwegian drama film from 1951 directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen. Henning-Jensen also wrote the screenplay, which was based on Cora Sandel's novel of the same name. Plot The film takes place in a ...

''. He received the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award in 1957.

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1895 births 1975 deaths People from Flå Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors {{Norway-actor-stub