Gunnar Skar Explained

Gunnar Skar
Birth Date:July 5, 1923
Birth Place:Skjeberg, Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Resting Place:Western Cemetery (Vestre gravlund), Oslo
Occupation:Actor, theater director

Gunnar Julius Skar (July 5, 1923 – October 12, 2012) was a Norwegian actor and theater director.[1] [2] [3]

Career

During the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s he worked as an actor and director at the New Theater and its successor, the Oslo New Theater. Skar also worked as a director for the Norwegian Theater and performed as an actor at the National Theatre in Oslo.[2] [3] [4] He played two minor roles in the films To mistenkelige personer (1950) and Selkvinnen (1953).

Family

Skar was born in Skjeberg, the son of Andreas Barnholdt Skar (1892–1990) and Esther Ulrikke Skar (née Johannessen, 1894–1988).[2] He died in 2012 and is buried in Oslo's Western Cemetery.[5] [6]

Filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Oslo Enterprise . Opera News . December 17, 1960 . 25 . 6 . 29 . May 30, 2022 . Gunnar Skar, the most promising of the younger Norwegian stage directors.
  2. News: Skjebringen Gunnar Skar . September 25, 2023 . Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad . 144 . June 10, 1967 . 10.
  3. News: Instruktøren Hunnar Skar i Hammerfest – Amatørteateret her på et meget høyt nivå . September 25, 2023 . Finnmark Dagblad . 50 . February 28, 1963 . 8.
  4. Web site: Gunnar Skar . Nationaltheatret Arkiv . Nationaltheatret . May 30, 2022.
  5. News: Begravelser . May 30, 2022 . Dagsavisen . 249 . October 25, 2012 . 41.
  6. Web site: Gunnar Julius Skar . Begravde i Oslo . Oslo kommune . May 30, 2022.