Oslo Kino

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Oslo Kino AS
Subsidiary
Industry Cinema
Founded 1 January 1926
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Area served
 Oslo
Key people
 Geir Bergkastet (CEO)
Parent Egmont Group
Website www.oslokino.no

Oslo Kino is a Norwegian cinema company, based in Oslo.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Oslo Place in Østlandet, Norway

Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city functioned as a co-official capital during the 1814 to 1905 Union between Sweden and Norway. In 1877, the city's name was respelled Kristiania in accordance with an offical spelling reform – a change that was taken over by the municipal authorities only in 1897. In 1925 the city, after incorporating the village retaining its former name, was renamed Oslo.

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History

Its creation was agreed to by the city authorities of Oslo in 1925, and the company was inaugurated on 1 January 1926 as Oslo Kinematografer. [1] It was a part of the Norwegian system of municipally-owned cinemas, superseding private ownership in the field. Only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party voted against municipalization. [2] These parties subsequently attempted to privatize cinemas in the years after 1926, but failed. [3] An important motivation for municipal ownership was the surplus from the budget, which could be used for other cultural budget posts. Oslo Concert Hall, Folketeatret, Gustav Vigeland's atelier (later the Vigeland Museum) and the Munch Museum received monetary support from the cinema fund. [1]

Oslo Concert Hall concert hall in Oslo, Norway

Oslo Concert Hall is a concert hall located in Vika, a part of Oslo city centre in Norway. It is the base of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (Oslo-Filharmonien), but it also aims to be one of the premier music venues for the general musical and cultural life of Norway, offering a broad variety of musical styles from classical, world music, and popular entertainment by both Norwegian and international artists and groups. It presents more than 300 events yearly and receives more than 200,000 visitors.

Gustav Vigeland Norwegian sculptor

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Vigeland Museum museum dedicated to Gustav Vigelands art and life

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In 1997 the company was turned into a joint stock company. [1] Between 2001 and 2003 the city council of Oslo tried to orchestrate a sale of 66% of the company shares, but this did not happen. No bidder came close to the expected prize, and the sale thus fell through. [4] The name was changed from Oslo Kinematografer to Oslo Kino in 2007. [5]

Key people

The early directors were Jens Christian Gundersen (1926-1933) and Kristoffer Aamot (1934-1940). During the German occupation of Norway the company had three Nazi collaborators as directors: Gustav Berg-Jæger (1940-1942), Einar Schibbye (1942-1944) and Birger Ilseng (1944-1945). Kristoffer Aamot then recovered his job, and sat until 1955. Theodor Rosenquist followed (1955-1958), then Arnljot Engh (1958-1975), Eivind Hjelmtveit (1975-1993), Ingeborg Moræus Hanssen (1993-2005), Cecilie Trøan (acting, 2005-2006) and Geir Bergkastet (2006-present). [5]

Kristoffer Aamot Norwegian journalist, magazine editor, politician and cinema administrator

Kristoffer Aamot was a Norwegian journalist, magazine editor, politician and cinema administrator. As a young journalist he was sentenced to one year imprisonment for his writings in the newspaper Klassekampen.. He was a member of the Oslo City Council from 1917 to 1937. He was a director of Oslo Kinematografer from 1934 to 1955, except for the war years. A film award was named after him.

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Gustav Berg-Jæger Norwegian actor and journalist

Carl Gustav Berg-Jæger was a Norwegian journalist, actor, cultural director and Nazi collaborator. He is best known as director of Oslo Kinematografer, the National Theatre and briefly the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Before the occupation he was among others the editor of Norway's first magazine devoted to broadcast programming.

Pre-war chairs of the board of directors were Arthur Skjeldrup (1926-1928), Kristoffer Aamot (1929-1931), Eyvind Getz (1932-1934) and Rachel Grepp (1935-1940). The chairpersons during the German occupation of Norway are not known. After the war, Rolf Hofmo sat from 1946 to 1955, then Rolf Stranger (1956-1967), Albert Nordengen (1968-1971), Adele Lerche (1972-1975), Turid Dankertsen (1976-1979), Albert Nordengen again (1980-1983), Bjørn Bjørnseth (1984-1987), Jon Lyng (1988-1991), Christian Hambro (1992), Theo Koritzinsky (1993-1995), Jon Lyng again (1996-2003) and Heidi Larssen (2003-present). [5] Several directors and chairs were also politicians for the Conservative Party, the party which initially opposed a municipal cinema company.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Oslo kinematografer". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 328. ISBN   82-573-0815-3.
  2. ↑ Solum, Ove; Asbjørnsen, Dag, eds. (2008). "Den norske kinomodellen". Film og kino. Den norske modellen (in Norwegian). Oslo: Unipub. p. 14. ISBN   978-82-7477-355-4.
  3. ↑ Solum and Asbjørnsen, 2008: p. 31
  4. ↑ Solum and Asbjørnsen, 2008: p. 31–33
  5. 1 2 3 "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Oslo Kino. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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