Hans Jacob Nilsen
{{Short description|Norwegian actor and director}}
{{hatnote|Hans Nilsen redirects here. For those of a similar name, Hans Nielsen (disambiguation) or Hans Nilsson (disambiguation)}}
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Hans Jacob Nilsen (8 November 1897 – 6 March 1957) was a Norwegian actor, theatre director and film director. He was a theatre director at Den Nationale Scene, at Folketeatret, and for two separate periods at Det Norske Teatret.
Personal life
Nilsen was born in Fredrikstad, a son of Otto Marquard Orning Nilsen and Sara Lorentzen. He married Sophie Munch Roede in 1958. Their daughter Grethe Nilsen was married to politician Knut Frydenlund.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Knut Frydenlund |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Thorvald |last=Stoltenberg |date=25 February 2020|authorlink=Thorvald Stoltenberg |editor-link=Knut Helle |editor-last=Helle |editor-first= Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Knut_Frydenlund |language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 July 2020}} He died in Oslo on 6 March 1957.
Career
First trained as a mechanical engineer, Nilsen started his theatrical career as an actor. He worked as a stage actor in Bergen, Trondheim and Oslo. He was appointed theatre director at Det Norske Teatret from 1933 to 1934, and was theatre director at Den Nationale Scene from 1934 to 1939. His film debut was in Syndere i sommersol from 1934, and he also played in To levende og en død from 1937. In 1935, Nilsen had directed the premier of the play of Vår ære og vår makt ("Our Honor and Our Power") by Marxist writer Nordahl Grieg. The performance created considerable interest and controversy due to its socially critical content. It proved to be a financial success partly because of Nilsen's advanced directing and set design. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Nilsson had to flee to Sweden. While in Sweden, he was a co-founder of Fri norsk scene. From 1946 to 1950 he was again appointed theatre director at Det Norske Teatret. Together with Sigval Maartmann-Moe, he co-directed the film Dei svarte hestane from 1951, based on Tarjei Vesaas's novel with the same title. From 1952 he was theatre director of Folketeatret.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hans Jacob Nilsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Hans_Jacob_Nilsen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 May 2010}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hans Jacob Nilsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Kari Gaarder |last=Losnedahl |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Jacob_Nilsen/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 May 2010}}{{cite web |title=Teatersjefar på Det Norske Teatret |publisher=Det Norske Teatret |url=http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/OMTEATRET/Teatersjefar/tabid/103/Default.aspx |language=Norwegian |access-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614111051/http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/OMTEATRET/Teatersjefar/tabid/103/Default.aspx |archive-date=14 June 2010 }}
Selected filmography
- Sinners in Summertime (1934)
- To levende og en død (1937)
- Dei svarte hestane (1951)
Other sources
- Næss, Trine (1994) Mellomkrigstidens teater i den norske hovedstaden (Solum) {{ISBN|978-82-560-0947-3}}
- Nilsen, Sidsel Marie (1997) Helst mot urolig vær: Teatermannen Hans Jacob Nilsen (Oslo: Aschehoug) {{ISBN|978-82-03-22229-0}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0632100|Hans Jacob Nilsen}}
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{{succession box |before=Ingjald Haaland |title=Director of the Det Norske Teatret |years=1933–1934 |after=Oskar Braaten}}
{{succession box |before=Karl Bergmann |title=Director of the Den Nationale Scene |years=1934–1939 |after=Egil Hjorth-Jenssen}}
{{succession box |before= |title=Director of the Det Norske Teatret |years=1946–1950 |after=Ole Barman}}
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Category:Norwegian male stage actors
Category:Norwegian male film actors
Category:Norwegian theatre directors