Veslemøy Haslund (8 April 1939 – 7 November 2005) was a Norwegian actress and stage producer. She made her stage debut at

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

in 1959. She was later assigned to various theatres, including

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...

Fjernsynsteatret Fjernsynsteatret () was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 (after about a year of experimental operation) and operated until a major reorganisation of NRK o ...

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 ...

and Teater Ibsen.

Career

Born in

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on 8 April 1939, Haslund made her stage debut at

in 1959, in the play ''

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''. She stayed with Trøndelag Teater from 1959 to 1961, and was appointed ar

from 1961 to 1969, and thereafter at

from 1965 to 1969. She was assigned to

from 1969 to 1984. In 1969 she played in . In 1971 she played in

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's documentary drama . She further played in

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’s in 1972, and

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’s comedy . In 1974 she played two feminist plays, first in

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’s play , and later in the play . From 1985 she was assigned to Teater Ibsen. She trained at

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and made her film debut in 1967, in '' Det største spillet'', and further contributed to various films, including '' Bare et liv'' from 1968 depicting important episodes in the life of

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, ''

Marikens bryllup ''Marikens bryllup'' (Mariken's Wedding) is a Norwegian comedy from 1972 directed by Knut Andersen with a script by Nicole Macé. Anne Marit Jacobsen plays the title role as Mariken, who marries Per Egil, played by Geir Børresen. The film is ...

'' from 1972, '' Vårnatt'' from 1976, ''Formyndere'' from 1979, and ''

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'' from 1995. Haslund died on 7 November 2005, at the age of 66.

References

1939 births 2005 deaths Actresses from Oslo Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses {{norway-actor-stub