Trond Brænne (31 July 1953 – 16 March 2013) was a Norwegian actor, author and radio personality, best known for his many theater and television roles. He was also a decorated writer of children's songs and literature.

Personal life

Brænne lived with fellow author

Iben Sandemose Iben Sandemose (born 13 July 1950) is a Norwegian illustrator, children's writer, playwright and biographer. She was born in Oslo, and is the granddaughter of Aksel Sandemose. Among her children's books is ''Vingemus og kattejammer'' from 1987, a ...

. His son, Bendik Brænne, is a musician and author, and was, together with his father and with his sister, Kaia Brænne, nominated for the 2010

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Pr ...

in the category children's literature. In 1999, Brænne suffered a series of

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

s, which required him to have a

heart transplant A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedure is to take a functioning heart ...

, an event that affected him deeply. He nonetheless remained highly active, and returned to his normal work schedule soon. On 15 March 2013 Brænne collapsed at work, having suffered a massive

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

caused by a rupture of the

aorta The aorta ( ; : aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the Ventricle (heart), left ventricle of the heart, branching upwards immediately after, and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits at ...

. After almost 24 hours in critical condition, Brænne died the following day, three and a half months short of his 60th birthday. He is survived by partner Iben Sandemose and his three children.

Selected works

*''Bestefar er en rev'' *''Burgerkrim'' *''Dundøden'' *''Fru Andersen har hump i halen'' *''Revedrepere'' *''Rottene kommer'' *''Vi bare gjør det'' *''Vi gir oss ikke'' *''Vidundermiksturen'' *''Uvenner'' *''Mareritt i Casa Bianca''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braenne, Trond 1953 births 2013 deaths Male actors from Oslo Writers from Oslo Norwegian male television actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian children's writers