Norwegian actor stubs

Vilhelm_Lund

Vilhelm Lund, sometimes credited as Wilhelm Lund (April 7, 1900 – January 7, 1982), was a Norwegian actor.Lund was primarily a theater actor. After a study visit to Oxford in 1919 and preparatory studies, he made his theatrical debut in Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama Spring Awakening. He performed at the experimental Intimate Theater (Norwegian: Intimteatret) in 1922, during the one season it was active. From 1924 to 1934 he was at the Central Theater, the Norwegian Theater, and Søilen Theater. After a pause from 1934 to 1945, he was again engaged with the Norwegian Theater in 1945.
Lund's film debut was in 1926 in Rasmus Breistein's Brudeferden i Hardanger. He appeared sporadically in films and on television until 1980, and he played twelve different roles altogether.
Around 1949, he took a break from the Norwegian Theater, during which he toured Europe with the dance troupe of the Indian dancer Ram Gopal. Lund also ran a small farm for a year and spent time in London before appearing at various Norwegian theaters, including the Rogaland Theater, People's Theater, Norwegian National Opera, and NRK's Television Theater, where he remained for a time. From 1964 to 1977 he performed several roles at the National Theater.Lund was married first to the actress Dagmar Myhrvold (1898–1972), and then in 1934 to Kathleen Austin (1917–1957). His daughter Anne Mari (born 1929) published the travelogue Ferden til Shigaraki (Journey to Shigaraki). His second daughter, Trini Lund (born 1951), became an actress. In 1963, Lund married Nancy Austin (1914–1990).

Iselin_Alme

Iselin Alme (born 10 July 1957) is a Norwegian singer and stage actress. Alme was born in Oslo, but moved to Stavanger at an early age. She performed in variety shows before getting the role as Maria in West Side Story at Det Norske Teatret in 1982. Since then, she has acted in several roles, both in musicals and in plays. Among the productions she has taken part in are Godspell, A Chorus Line, Cats and Oklahoma, as well as Ionesco's La Leçon at Riksteatret. Alme has done a little screen work, but had a small role in the TV comedy "Pilen flyttebyrå" in 1987. After she married and had children in the early 1990s, she largely disappeared from the public eye, but has remained active in minor productions. She is the granddaughter of author Johan Borgen.

Veslemøy_Haslund

Veslemøy Haslund (8 April 1939 – 7 November 2005) was a Norwegian actress and stage producer. She was born in Oslo. She made her stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1959. She was later assigned to various theatres, including Det Norske Teatret, Fjernsynsteatret, Nationaltheatret and Teater Ibsen. She trained at RADA 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 Fridtjof Nansen, Marikens bryllup from 1972, Vårnatt from 1976, Formyndere from 1979, and Kristin Lavransdatter from 1995.

Tone_Danielsen

Tone Danielsen (born 15 August 1946) is a Norwegian actress. She was an actress at Den Nationale Scene 1970–1971, the Hålogaland Teater 1971–1975, and from 1975 to the present at the National theatre. She appeared in the film RepriseShe is the granddaughter of Edvard Christian Danielsen. Actor Anders Danielsen Lie is her son. She played the mother of his character in Reprise (2006); they also starred together in 22 July (2018), although their characters were not related.

Kjersti_Døvigen

Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama Offshore.At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a ballet dancer. She worked in this area at the Norwegian Opera for eight years before her breakthrough in 1967 in Claudine's role in CanCan.Døvigen, the widow of financier Halvor Astrup, was the mother of the actress Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen and lived in Bath, England.

Kim_Haugen

Kim Haugen (born 24 September 1958) is a Norwegian actor. He is a son of actors Per Theodor Haugen and Sissel Sellæg and is married to Nadia Hasnaoui. He made his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in 1982. From 1985 he worked as an actor at Nationaltheatret (The Norwegian National Theatre). In 1992 he played the title role in Hamlet at Oslo Nye Teater.He has also appeared for Fjernsynsteatret and participated in several television series, such as Vestavind from 1994 to 1995, Far og sønn from 2002 to 2004, and Ved kongens bord from 2005. In 2007, Haugen had a guest appearance in the successful Danish crime series The Killing. He participated in the films Buddy and Into the White.

Joachim_Calmeyer

Kåre Joachim Calmeyer (23 June 1931 – 26 December 2016) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Oslo, and grew up in Horten and Tromsø. He was the brother of jazz musician Ola and journalist Bengt Calmeyer.He made his stage debut at Rogaland Teater in 1953 in the opera Don Pasquale. He was employed at Rogaland Teater from 1956 to 1960, at Det Norske Teatret from 1960 to 1964, Nationaltheatret from 1964 to 1972, Den Nationale Scene from 1972 to 1978 and then in Nationaltheatret. He has also appeared in Fjernsynsteatret, and played in Før frostnettene (1966), Lars i porten (1984), Sigurd Drakedreper (1989), Vestavind (1994) and the main role in Kitchen Stories (2003).He was an honorary member of the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association and was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 2001. In 2012 he was given the Amanda Committee's Honorary Award. Calmeyer died on 26 December 2016 at the age of 85.

Gard_Øyen

Gard Øyen (born December 14, 1943) is a Norwegian actor. He has performed at the Norwegian National Traveling Theater, the National Theater in Bergen, and at the Oslo New Theater for many years.
Øyen is the son of the actor Øyvind Øyen and the brother of Roald, Torill, and Jardar Øyen.