Odd Borg

{{Short description|Norwegian actor}}

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| image = Odd og Anne Borg (1959).jpg

| caption = Odd Borg with his wife Anne in 1959

| name = Odd Borg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|05|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|11|13|1931|05|26|mf=y}}

| death_place = Oslo, Norway

| resting_place= Western Cemetery, Oslo, Norway

| occupation = Actor

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| spouse = Anne Borg

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Odd Carl Arthur Borg (May 26, 1931 – November 13, 1965) was a Norwegian actor and singer.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Odd Borg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |year=2022 |url=https://snl.no/Odd_Borg |language=Norwegian |accessdate=June 14, 2022}} He was engaged with the Central Theater from 1953 to 1960, and with the National Theater from 1960 until his death. Borg was found dead behind the Amphitheater Stage ({{langx|no|Amfiscenen}}) after the premiere of the play Hva skal vi gjøre? by Klaus Rifbjerg and Jesper Jensen.{{cite news |title=Skuespilleren Odd Borg død |url=https://www.nb.no/items/c23e9bcbc6d6ee4465e41fff26acbb12?page=0 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |work=Telen |issue=264 |date=November 15, 1965 |page=1}}{{cite book |last1=Gjesdahl |first1=Paul |title=Centralteatrets historie |date=1964 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=291}}{{cite book |last1=Rønneberg |first1=Anton |title=Nationaltheatret 1949-1974 |date=1974 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |isbn=8205062544 |pages=129, 199}}

As a singer, he recorded the song "Jeg plystrer mens jeg går" (I Whistle While I Walk) on a gramophone record in 1957.{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Yngvar |title=Vi spiller plater |date=1957 |publisher=Gerlyngs forlag |location=Oslo |page=143}} It was a Norwegian version of the American hit "Just Walkin' in the Rain." As an actor, he is remembered for roles such as the intolerable daddy's boy and shipowner Rieber-Larsen Jr. in Operasjon Løvsprett, as a naval commander in Operasjon Sjøsprøyt, and the male lead role in Støv på hjernen. The same year he died, he starred in the next to last Stompa film, Stompa forelsker seg.

Odd Borg was married to the dancer Anne Borg.{{cite encyclopedia |last1= Hansteen |first1=Valdemar |title=Anne Borg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |year=2016 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Anne_Borg |language=Norwegian |accessdate=June 15, 2022}} Borg was a cousin of the Olsen Gang director Knut Bohwim.{{cite news |last1=Scholz Nærø |first1=Sturle |title=Olsenbandens norske far røper suksess-hemmeligheten |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/k90v/olsenbandens-norske-far-roeper-suksess-hemmeligheten |access-date=June 15, 2022 |work=Aftenposten |date=March 9, 2016}}