Bjørn Bjørnson Explained

Bjørn Bjørnson
Birth Date:15 November 1859
Birth Place:Christiania, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Actor
Playwright
Theatre director
Memoirist
Parents: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

Books

Other sources

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 2007 . Bjørn Bjørnson . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Anton Rønneberg . Anton Rønneberg . Svend Erik Løken Larsen. Norwegian . 12 April 2009 .