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

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	Actor Playwright Theatre director Memoirist
Spouse(s)	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)

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

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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Bjørn Bjørnson (15 de noviembre de 1859 – 14 de mayo de 1942) fue un actor, dramaturgo y director teatral de nacionalidad noruega.[1]

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