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Nationality
  
Norwegian

Spouse(s)
  
Gina Oselio (2nd wife)

Name
  
Bjorn Bjornson


Bjorn Bjornson

Born
  
15 November 1859 (
1859-11-15
)
Christiania, Norway

Died
  
14 May 1942(1942-05-14) (aged 82)

Occupation
  
ActorPlaywrightTheatre directorMemoirist

Parent(s)
  
Bjornstjerne BjornsonKaroline Reimers

Relatives
  
Bergliot Ibsen (sister)Sigurd Ibsen (brother-in-law)Tancred Ibsen (nephew)Irene Ibsen Bille (niece)Inga Bjornson (cousin)Erling Bjornson (brother)

Bjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.

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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.

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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

  • Moppy og Poppy (with M. O. Hansson), (1885)
  • Johanne, (1898)
  • Solen skinner jo (1913)
  • En tørst kamel, (1919)

    • 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)

    • Filmography

    Director
    1915
    Teddy im Schlafsofa (Short)
    1914
    Professor Pip (Short)
    1913
    Et Syndens Barn (Short)
    1913
    Children of the Stage; or, When Love Speaks
    Actor
    1913
    Children of the Stage; or, When Love Speaks as
    Walther, skuespiller
    1911
    Miranda (Short)
    1911
    Gøglerblod (Short) as
    Warren
    Writer
    1913
    Et Syndens Barn (Short)
    1913
    Children of the Stage; or, When Love Speaks (writer)

    References

    Bjørn Bjørnson Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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