Stein Winge
{{Short description|Norwegian actor, stage producer and theatre director (1940–2024)}}
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| birth_place = Oslo, German-occupied Norway
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| occupation = Actor, stage producer and theatre director
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Stein Winge (10 November 1940 – 26 February 2024) was a Norwegian stage producer, theatre director and International Emmy-Nominated actor.
Biography
Winge produced numerous plays and operas, and was theatre director at the National Theatre from 1990 to 1992.{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Stein Winge|first=Knut Ove|last=Arntzen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Stein_Winge |language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2009}} He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2001.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2005|title=Stein Winge|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Thoralf|last=Berg|volume=10|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Stein_Winge/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2009}} He was the son of Sigurd Winge, husband of Kari Onstad and father of Viktoria Winge.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=235017|title=Kjendisdatter kaster klærne|last=Marstrander|first=Hilde|date=16 July 2004|work=VG|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2009 |url-access=registration}} On 16 August 2008, the opera Tosca premiered at OscarsborgOpera with Stein Winge as director.{{Cite web |date=2010-09-20 |title=Program - Lang dags ferd mot natt by Riksteatret - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/riksteatret/docs/ldf_lite |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}
Winge portrayed industrialist Axel Aubert in the 2015 television series The Heavy Water War.
Winge died on 26 February 2024, at the age of 83.{{cite news |title=Stein Winge er død: – Hans familie er i sorg |first=Ingvill Dybfest |last=Dahl |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/teaterregissor-stein-winge-er-dod-1.16779314 |website=nrk.no |language=no |date=26 February 2024 |access-date=26 February 2024 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0935015|name=Stein Winge}}
- {{discogs artist|Stein Winge}}
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Category:Norwegian theatre directors
Category:Male actors from Oslo
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