Silje Torp (born Silje Torp Færavaag, 19 October 1974) is a Norwegian actress and author.

Biography

Torp attended the

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, ''KHiO'') is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in v ...

from 1997 until 2000. Before this, she lived in Italy for three years and went to an art academy in

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, where she trained to become a sculptor/stonemason. She came to international prominence with her role as the

shield-maiden A shield-maiden ( ) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and Norse mythology, mythology. The term most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as ''Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks''. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin ...

Frøya in the television series ''

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'' between 2016 and 2020. The series was first shown on the Norwegian public broadcaster

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

, and later on the streaming platform

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. Torp was previously known for her role as sheriff Mette Hansen in season two of the series ''

Lilyhammer ''Lilyhammer'' is a crime comedy-drama television series starring Steven Van Zandt about a former New York–based gangster named Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano trying to start a new life in isolated Lillehammer, Norway. The first season premiered ...

''.

Publications

In January 2019, she published the book ''Sterk med strikk'' (Strong with Elastic) through

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Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torp, Silje 1974 births Living people Actresses from Oslo Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers