Sigvard Gundersen

{{Short description|Norwegian actor (1842–1904)}}

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| birth_place = Kristiansand, Norway

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| nationality = Norwegian

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Sigvard Emil Gundersen (8 November 1842 – 29 November 1904) was a Norwegian actor. He was married to actress Laura Gundersen. He made his stage début at Christiania Theater in 1862, and worked for this theatre most of his career, until 1899.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Sigvard Gundersen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Sigvard_Gundersen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=13 September 2010 }}

He served as the first chairman of the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association, from 1898 to 1899.{{cite book |title=Norsk Skuespillerforbund gjennom 50 år, 1898-1948 |language=Norwegian |year=1948 |first=Egil |last=Hjorth-Jenssen |authorlink=Egil Hjorth-Jenssen |publisher=Gyldendal |pages=18, 98–99}}

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