Christensen was born at Porsgrunn in Telemark, Norway. His family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) where he attended Aars og Voss skole and later attended Kristiania Handelsgymnasium. In 1894, he conducted a study trip to Denmark and Germany. He had his stage début at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen during 1896.[2]
He was among the leading actors at the National Theatre from its opening in 1899. In 1907, Christensen began to act as stage director. He was theatre director from 1911 to 1923, and again from 1930 to 1933. During the Second World War he had to flee to Sweden, and there he led the theatre Fri norsk scene together with his wife Gerda Ring. After returning to Norway after the liberation in 1945, he had held various positions at the National Theater. During the 1920s and 1930s, he had written three plays, all of which were performed at the National Theater, with Christensen as stage director.[2]
halfdan, christensen, december, 1873, september, 1950, norwegian, stage, actor, theatre, director, 1940, born, 1873, december, 1873porsgrunn, norwaydied17, september, 1950, 1950, aged, oslo, norwayresting, placeoslo, western, civil, cemeterynationalitynorwegia. Halfdan Christensen 12 December 1873 17 September 1950 was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director 1 Halfdan ChristensenHalfdan Christensen ca 1940 Born 1873 12 12 12 December 1873Porsgrunn NorwayDied17 September 1950 1950 09 17 aged 76 Oslo NorwayResting placeOslo Western Civil CemeteryNationalityNorwegianOccupation s Actor and theatre directorSpousesAgnes Elisabeth Simonsen m 1896 wbr Gyda Christensen m 1905 wbr Gerda Ring m 1922 wbr ChildrenPelle Christensen Bab ChristensenAwardsOrder of St Olav Order of Dannebrog Order of VasaBiography editChristensen was born at Porsgrunn in Telemark Norway His family moved to Kristiania now Oslo where he attended Aars og Voss skole and later attended Kristiania Handelsgymnasium In 1894 he conducted a study trip to Denmark and Germany He had his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen during 1896 2 He was among the leading actors at the National Theatre from its opening in 1899 In 1907 Christensen began to act as stage director He was theatre director from 1911 to 1923 and again from 1930 to 1933 During the Second World War he had to flee to Sweden and there he led the theatre Fri norsk scene together with his wife Gerda Ring After returning to Norway after the liberation in 1945 he had held various positions at the National Theater During the 1920s and 1930s he had written three plays all of which were performed at the National Theater with Christensen as stage director 2 Christensen was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav in 1932 he was Commander of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and Commander of the Swedish Order of Vasa He was married three times first in 1896 to Agnes Elisabeth Simonsen second in 1905 to actress Gyda Christensen 1872 1964 and in 1922 to actress Gerda Ring 1891 1999 He was the father of Pelle Christensen 1923 1995 and Bab Christensen 1928 2017 both of whom were stage actors 3 References edit Henriksen Petter ed 2007 Halfdan Christensen Store norske leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 12 April 2009 a b Naess Trine 2003 Halfdan Christensen In Helle Knut ed Norsk biografisk leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 1 September 2009 Gerda Ring Christensen lokalhistoriewiki Retrieved April 1 2018 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Halfdan Christensen Cultural officesPreceded byVilhelm Krag Director of the National Theatre1911 1923 Succeeded byBjorn BjornsonPreceded byEinar Skavlan Director of the National Theatre1930 1933 Succeeded byAnton Ronneberg acting Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Halfdan Christensen amp oldid 1115075978, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
