Olga Pauline Sjøgren (née Hagen, August 9, 1884 – November 8, 1960) was a Norwegian actress and singer. She excelled as a revue actress and operetta singer, and she became involved early in film. She was also known as Olga Almquist.

Family

Olga Sjøgren was the daughter of the tailor Erik Hagen and his Swedish-born wife Kristine Andersdotter. She married the actor Carl Johan Olaf Almquist (1879–1914) on June 28, 1902, and they had two sons. She then married the actor Josef Peder Marcus Sjøgren (1891–1927).

Life and work

Olga Pauline Hagen was a student at

Ludovica Levy Ludovica Magdalena Marie Levy (née Dysten, from 1896 to 1906 Levy-Lavik; 7 September 1856 – 20 October 1922) was a Danish actress, theatre director and theatre critic. She toured with theatres in Denmark and Norway, and worked as instructor ...

's Second Theater academy in 1899. After that, she was engaged with the Eldorado Theater, the Tivoli Theater, and the Kongshavn Summer Theater, all in her hometown of

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(now Oslo). She was later associated with the Stavanger Theater, the Falkberget Theater, and the Norwegian Operetta Company (). She also toured with Bjørn Bjørnevik's Bjørnevik Theater, where she participated in more than 1,400 productions of the play ''Skjærgårdsflirt'' by

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. She also starred in the film version of ''

Skjærgårdsflirt ''Skjærgårdsflirt'' (Skerry Flirtation) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1932 directed by Rasmus Breistein. It is based on a play of the same name by Gideon Wahlberg. The film is considered lost. Cast * Else Bull as Inga Sjøholm, Sjøholm's d ...

''.

Theater roles

*Rose in the operetta ''Les Premiers Pas'' (Norwegian title: ''Et Eventyr i Tyrol'') by

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and

Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and ''Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas ''Le post ...

(Trondheim, 1906) *Ganymedes in the operetta ''

Die schöne Galathée ' (''The Beautiful Galatea'') is an operetta in one act by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by the composer and 'Poly Henrion' (the pseudonym of Leonhard Kohl von Kohlenegg).* In the early 1860s, French operettas by Jacques Offenbach wer ...

'' (Norwegian title: ''Den skjønne Galathea'') by

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(Bygdøy Sjøbad, 1909) *Madam Grisk in the revue ''Christian Fredriksen'' by

Thorleif Klausen The Germanic first name Thorleif (which means ''son of Thor'') with variants Torleif (Swedish), Thorleiv/Torleiv (Norwegian) and Þorleif (Icelandic) may refer to: Torleif * (born 1965), co-creator and scriptwriter on Danish crime drama series ...

(Kongsberg, 1914) *Turtelduen in the revue ''Christian Fredriksen'' by Thorleif Klausen (Kongsberg, 1914) *Katrine in Gideon Wahlberg's ''Skjærgårdsflirt''

Filmography

*1914: ''Fredriksen Fald'' as a servant girl (credited as Olga Almquist) *1932: ''

'' as Katrine, a servant girl at the Østerman house *1939: '' Hu Dagmar'' as Oline, a servant girl *1942: ''

Trysil-Knut ''Trysil-Knut'' is a Norwegian film from 1942. Rasmus Breistein directed this skiing melodrama during the German occupation of Norway. It tells the story of the legendary skier Knut from Trysil, an ardent patriot at the beginning of the 1800s wh ...

'' as a servant girl at the Kynsberg house

References

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