August Oddvar

{{short description|Norwegian stage actor}}

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| name = August Oddvar

| image = August Oddvar (1933).jpg

| caption = August Oddvar in 1933
Photo by Ernest Rude

| birth_date = {{birth date |1877|8|1|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age |1964|3|17|1877|8|1|df=y}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

| occupation = Actor

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| awards = {{plainlist|

• Order of St. Olav
• Order of the Falcon }}

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File:Oddvar.jpg]]

August Martinius Oddvar (1 August 1877 – 17 March 1964) was a Norwegian stage actor. He made his stage debut at the National Theatre in 1899, and played there all his career, which spanned sixty years.{{cite encyclopedia |title=August Oddvar |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/August_Oddvar |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 October 2009 }}

He was appointed Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1939, and Commander in 1956. He was Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon.{{cite encyclopedia |title=August Oddvar |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Trine |last=Næss |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/August_Oddvar/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 October 2009}}