Alf Prøysen was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He worked in several different media including books, newspapers and records. He also made significant contributions to music as well as to television and radio. He also wrote in the Arbeiderbladet from 1954 until his death.
Monstertorsdag is a Norwegian film from 2004. The film was directed by Arild Østin Ommundsen. It was made by largely the same Stavanger-affiliated crew that made Mongoland. The project also brought in the Danish actors Kim Bodnia and Iben Hjejle. The film takes place in a surfing environment in Jæren and in Stavanger. On "Monster Thursday," the perfect wave will arrive. The film is about a quirky love triangle between a surfer, his carpenter's best friend, and the surfer's wife, who was previously married to the carpenter, Even
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal is a Norwegian actress. She started her career with the 2005 short film Limbo. Her first leading role was in the Norwegian slasher film Cold Prey, released in October 2006. She has since appeared in over fourteen films, including Chernobyl Diaries, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Hercules. Since 2016, she has played the role of Armistice in the HBO series Westworld.
Anneke von der Lippe is a Norwegian actress. She made history as the first Norwegian – and Nordic - actress to win an International Emmy Award.
Laila Elin Goody is a Norwegian actress. She was born to an English father who worked in the oil industry and a Norwegian mother. She was born in Stavanger and grew up in Rosendal, Hordaland between the ages of two to ten, before returning to Stavanger. Here she attended Stavanger Katedralskole. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1994, she began working at the National Theatre. After nine years at this theatre she decided to take a break, and in 2003 she moved on to do guest performances at Trøndelag Teater and Centralteatret.
Iren Reppen is a Norwegian actress.
Andrea Bræin Hovig is a Norwegian actress.
Henny Moan is a Norwegian actress from Finnmark. She has had a long career in theatre, but is best known for her roles in certain classics of Norwegian cinema, such as the Oscar-nominated Nine Lives (1957) and Lake of the Dead (1958). Moan was married to the author André Bjerke for a period.
Linn Skåber is a Norwegian actress, singer, comedian, text writer and TV personality. She made her stage début on Oslo Nye Teater (Centralteatret) in 1997, playing the title role in Goldoni's comic opera Mirandolina.
Astrid Borgny Folstad was a Norwegian actress.
Merete Skavlan was a Norwegian actress, theater instructor and director.
Charlotte Frogner is a Norwegian actress, best known outside of Norway for her role in the Norwegian zombie film Dead Snow. She has been employed by Oslo's Det Norske Teatret since 2004 where she has appeared in a number of productions and acted for Norwegian television. From 28 July to 7 August 2010, Charlotte Frogner played Ingrid / Anitra / the Greenclad woman at the Peer Gynt performance at Lake Gaalaa.
Lise Barbra Skappel Fjeldstad is a Norwegian actress, and daughter of the conductor and violinist Øivin Fjeldstad. A graduate of the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1963, she started working at Det Norske Teatret immediately afterward. In 1975 she was hired by the National Theatre, where she has acted in roles such as "Blanche Dubois" in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, and "Agnes" in Henrik Ibsens Brand. She won the Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – for best actress for her role in Dødsdansen in 1991. She has two children with her partner, actor Per Sunderland. She is married to Gordon Braddy.
Nicolai Cleve Broch is a Norwegian theatre and film actor. He rose to national fame playing one of the leading roles in the 2002 drama series Lekestue, which aired on NRK in 2002. He is also known for playing the protagonist in Buddy, a romantic comedy from 2003. Other major film credits include Uno, Uro and Den siste revejakta. More recently, Cleve Broch was nominated for an Amanda Award for his portrayal of World War II resistance fighter Gregers Gram in Max Manus. Often appearing alongside Aksel Hennie, the two have been referred to as "Norway's Ben Affleck and Matt Damon".
Maria Tryti Vennerød is a Norwegian playwright.
Åsleik Audgar Engmark was a Norwegian comedian, actor, singer, director and stage writer, best known for his work as one of the co-founders of the Norwegian cabaret group Lompelandslaget, and as Timon in the Norwegian version of The Lion King.
Jannike Kruse is a Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen is a Norwegian stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for playing Thor Heyerdahl in the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film Kon-Tiki.
Thorbjørn Harr is a Norwegian actor.
Frank Kjosås is a Norwegian actor of theatre and film, known for The Half Brother, and his role as Norwegian resistance soldier Knut Haukelid in The Heavy Water War.
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