Harald Schwenzen

He made his debut as a film actor in 1920 in Victor Sjöström's film adaptation of Hjalmar Bergman's Mästerman. Schwenzen was script writer and director for the 1922 film adaption of Knut Hamsun's Pan. In 1929, he played a leading role as a lawyer Sadolin in the Norwegian film Laila. He chaired the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, and was arrested and sent to Grini and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. After his release and the end of the war, he continued appearing on Norwegian stages and in films. In 1948, Schwenzen played the role of the German general von Falkenhorst in the Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water. Schwenzen was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1951. He died in Oslo in 1954.

• Died — 16 April 1954 • Awards — King's Medal of Merit in gold (1951)

• Film — Year • A Lover in Pawn — 1920 • Pan — 1922 • Två konungar — 1925 • To the Orient — 1926 • Laila — 1929 • Lalla vinner! — 1932 • Kommer du, Elsa? — 1944 • Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water — 1948 • Trollfossen — 1948 • Alt dette og Island med — 1951 • Den evige Eva — 1953

• Film — Year • Pan — 1922

• Illustration — Schwenzen in Don Carlos • Illustration — Schwenzen as Peer Gynt • Illustration — Schwenzen and Tore Segelcke in A Doll's House • Illustration — Schwenzen c. 1930–1935