Bjørn Bjørnson

Bjørn Bjørnson
Bjørn Bjørnson
	Bjørn Bjørnson in 1922
Born	15 November 1859; Christiania, Norway
Died	14 May 1942 (aged 82)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Actor; Playwright ; Theatre director ; Memoirist
Spouse	Gina Oselio (2nd wife) (m. 1893; dissolved 1909)
Parent(s)	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)

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

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.^[1]

Selected works

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)

References

^ Anton Rønneberg; Svend Erik Løken Larsen (2007). "Bjørn Bjørnson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2009.

External links

Bjørn Bjørnson at IMDb
Bjørn Bjørnson at Find a Grave

Other sources

Rønneberg, Anton (1974) Nationaltheatret, 1949-1974 (Gyldendal) ISBN 978-82-05-06254-2
Marker, Frederick J. and Lise-Lone Marker (1996) A History of Scandinavian Theatre (Cambridge University Press) ISBN 978-0-521-39237-2
Murer, Annette with Julian Garner translator (1977) The National Theatre of Norway (Boksenteret) ISBN 978-82-7683-156-6

Cultural offices
Preceded by position created	Director of the National Theatre 1899–1907	Succeeded by Vilhelm Krag
Preceded by Halfdan Christensen	Director of the National Theatre 1923–1927	Succeeded by Einar Skavlan

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[snl-1] Anton Rønneberg; Svend Erik Løken Larsen (2007). "Bjørn Bjørnson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2009.

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Bjørn Bjørnson
Bjørn Bjørnson in 1922
Born	(1859-11-15)15 November 1859 Christiania, Norway
Died	14 May 1942(1942-05-14) (aged 82)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Actor Playwright Theatre director Memoirist
Spouse	Gina Oselio (2nd wife) (m. 1893; dissolved 1909)
Parent(s)	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)