Sølve Skagen

{{short description|Norwegian film director (born 1945)}}

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| name = Sølve Skagen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|2|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Norway

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| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1975-1993

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Sølve Skagen (born 17 February 1945) is a Norwegian film director. He was born in Eid, Sogn og Fjordane, and is related to Kaj Skagen. Among his films are Hard asfalt from 1986 and Brun bitter from 1988.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Sølve Skagen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Gunnar |last=Iversen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Sølve_Skagen/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 March 2012 }}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sølve Skagen |first=Trond Olav |last=Svendsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Sølve_Skagen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 March 2012}} Hard asfalt was Norway's submission for the 59th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and it was later entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 |title=15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987) |access-date=2013-02-23 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194338/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 |archive-date=2013-01-16 }}