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Harald Schwenzen (18 May 1895 – 16 April 1954) was a Norwegian actor and director.

Harald Schwenzen
Born	18 May 1895  Glücksburg
Died	16 April 1954 Oslo
Spouse(s)	Astri Gulbrandsen

Born in Glücksberg, Germany, he relocated to Norway where he made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1918, and played for this theatre for many years. Schwenzen was known for playing lead roles such as Don Carlos and Peer Gynt.

He made his debut as a film actor in 1920 in Victor Sjöström's film adaptation of Hjalmar Bergman's Mästerman. Schwenzen was script writer and director for the 1922 film adaption of Knut Hamsun's Pan.[1] In 1929, he played a leading role as a lawyer Sadolin in the Norwegian film Laila.

He chaired the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany,[2] and was arrested and sent to Grini and Sachsenhausen concentration camps.[3] After his release and the end of the war, he continued appearing on Norwegian stages and in films. In 1948, Schwenzen played the role of the German general von Falkenhorst in the Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water.

He died in Oslo in 1954.

Filmography

Actor

Film	Year
A Lover in Pawn	1920
Pan	1922
Två konungar	1925
To the Orient	1926
Laila	1929
Lalla vinner! [se; no]	1932
Kommer du, Elsa?	1944
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water	1948
Trollfossen	1948
Alt dette og Island med	1951
Den evige Eva	1953

Director

Film	Year
Pan	1922

Gallery

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  Schwenzen in Don Carlos
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  Schwenzen as Peer Gynt
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  Schwenzen and Tore Segelcke in A Doll's House
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  Schwenzen c. 1930–1935

References

External links

• Harald Schwenzen at IMDb

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