Frøydis Armand

{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1949–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

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| birth_date= {{birth date|1949|04|09|df=y}}

| birth_place= Norway

| death_date= {{death date and age|2022|10|11|1949|04|09|df=y}}

| death_place= Norway

| occupation = Actress

| nationality = Norwegian

| image= Frøydis Armand nonfree.png

| children=2

}}

Frøydis Armand (9 April 1949 – 11 October 2022) was a Norwegian actress. She was the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Gisken Armand, both actresses.{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0035276/bio|title=Biography for Frøydis Armand|publisher=IMDb|author=|date=|accessdate=3 March 2008}} She worked at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) from 1972 onward, acting in plays such as Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf, and Shakespeares Othello.{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001020055260&tag=item&words=Fr%F8ydis%3BArmand|title=Tre søstre|publisher=Dagbladet|author=Rannveig Korneliussen|date=28 September 2002|accessdate=3 March 2008|language=no|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605020822/http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001020055260&tag=item&words=Fr%F8ydis%3BArmand|url-status=dead}} Though primarily a stage actress, Armand was probably best known to the general audience as one of the three protagonists in Anja Breien's Hustruer–trilogy: Hustruer (1975), Hustruer – ti år etter (1985) and Hustruer III (1996).

Armand had a child from a marriage to actor Helge Jordal, and another child from a relationship with actor Kai Remlow. She died on 10 October 2022, at the age of 73.{{cite news |title=Skuespiller Frøydis Armand er død |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/skuespiller-froydis-armand-er-dod-1.16135836 |access-date=13 October 2022 |publisher=NRK |date=11 October 2022}}

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