Bjørn Bjørnson
Bjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.
Bjørn Bjørnson
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- Name
- Bjørn Bjørnson
- Born
- 15 November 1859
- Birthplace
- Christiania, Norway
- Died
- 14 May 1942
- Occupation
- Actor Playwright Theatre director Memoirist
- Nationality
- Norway
- Honours
- Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Languages
- Norwegian
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• Name — Bjørn Bjørnson • Born — 15 November 1859 • Birthplace — Christiania, Norway • Died — 14 May 1942 • Occupation — Actor Playwright Theatre director Memoirist • Parents — Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Karoline Reimers • Relatives — Bergliot Ibsen (sister) Sigurd Ibsen (brother-in-law) Tancred Ibsen (nephew) Irene Ibsen Bille (niece) Inga Bjørnson (cousin) Erling Bjørnson (brother)
Biography
Biography
He was born in Christiania, the son of author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and his wife Karoline Bjørnson. In 1876, he was admitted as a student at the Stern Conservatory operated by Julius Stern in Berlin, Germany. He also attended the Vienna Conservatory. He was the artistic leader of Christiania Theatre from 1885 to 1893, and he was the first theatre director at the National Theatre, from its opening in 1899 until 1907, and again from 1923 to 1927. Besides being an actor and director, he also was a playwright. In 1893 he married Norwegian opera singer Gina Oselio. Their marriage was dissolved in 1909.
Plays
Plays
• Moppy og Poppy (with M. O. Hansson), (1885) • Johanne, (1898) • Solen skinner jo (1913) • En tørst kamel, (1919)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1859
Bjørn Bjørnson born at Christiania.
1942
Bjørn Bjørnson died at Oslo.
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Christiania.
Birth place
Oslo.
Death place
Books
• Vom deutschen Wesen: Impressionen eines Stammverwandten 1914-1917, (1917) • Mit livs historier. Fra barndommens dage, (1922) • Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Hjemmet og vennene. Aulestad-minner, (1932) • Bare ungdom, (1934 • Det gamle teater. Kunsten og menneskene, (1937)
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- VIAF cluster 295290572 for Bjørn Bjørnson, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- VIAF cluster 40123365 for Bjørn Bjørnson, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q721741: Bjørn Bjørnson
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- “Bjørn Bjørnson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Other sources
Other sources
• Rønneberg, Anton (1974) Nationaltheatret, 1949-1974 (Gyldendal) • Marker, Frederick J. and Lise-Lone Marker (1996) A History of Scandinavian Theatre (Cambridge University Press) • Murer, Annette with Julian Garner translator (1977) The National Theatre of Norway (Boksenteret)
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