Marie Hamsun
Marie Hamsun (Andersen; 19 November 1881 – 4 August 1969) was a Norwegian actress and writer.
Marie Hamsun
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- Name
- Marie Hamsun
- Born
- 19 November 1881
- Birth Name
- Marie Andersen
- Birthplace
- Elverum, Hedmark, Sweden-Norway
- Died
- 4 August 1969
- Place of death
- Nørholm, Norway
- Occupation
- Actress and writer
- Nationality
- Norway
- Languages
- Norwegian
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• Name — Marie Hamsun • Born — 19 November 1881 • Birth Name — Marie Andersen • Birthplace — Elverum, Hedmark, Sweden-Norway • Died — 4 August 1969 • Place of death — Nørholm, Norway • Occupation — Actress and writer • Children — 4
Biography
Biography
She wrote two collections of poems and several children's books. Hamsun's work has been translated to several other languages, including Swedish, German, English, Latvian, Finnish and Dutch. She also published two biographies about her life with Knut Hamsun: Regnbuen (The Rainbow) (1953) and Under gullregnen (1959). Marie Hamsun shared her husband's political views, and her support for the Third Reich and the German occupation forces during World War II exceeded that of her husband. She was a member of Vidkun Quisling's Nazi party Nasjonal Samling, and she frequently toured German cities reciting the works of Knut Hamsun during the early years of the war. In 1947, she was sentenced to three years of hard labor for treason, but due to a general amnesty she was jailed for only 9 months.
Identity
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Marie Hamsun is recorded with the occupation children's writer. Recorded as actress, writer and poet.
Håndkolorert lysbilde. Portrett av forfatteren Knut Hamsun og hans kone Marie Hamsun.
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1881
Marie Hamsun born at Elverum Municipality.
1969
Marie Hamsun died on 5 August 1969.
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Elverum Municipality.
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