Svanhild Johannessen

{{Short description|Norwegian actress}}

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| name = Svanhild Johannessen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|08|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Bergen, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|01|15|1882|08|21|mf=y}}

| death_place = Oslo, Norway

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| occupation = Actress

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| mother = Laura Elvig

| father = Bernt Johan Johannessen

| spouse = Hauk Aabel

| children = Per Aabel, Andreas Aabel

| relatives = Borghild Johannessen

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Svanhild Johannessen (August 21, 1882 – January 15, 1971) was a Norwegian actress.

Svanhild Johannessen was born in Bergen. She was the daughter of the actor Berent Johannessen and the actress Laura Elvig, and the sister of the actress Borghild Johannessen.{{cite book |title=Hvem er hvem? |date=1948 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |page=587}}{{cite book |last1=Røine |first1=Eva |title=Vandring i Nationaltheatret |date=1967 |publisher=Nationaltheatret |location=Oslo |page=39}} On June 14, 1901, she married the actor Hauk Aabel.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Berg |first1=Thoralf |title=Hauk Aabel |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |year=2009 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Hauk_Aabel |language=Norwegian |accessdate=June 30, 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Ringdal |first1=Nils Johan |title=Nationaltheatrets historie: 1899–1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=666}} She was the mother of the actors Per Aabel and Andreas Aabel.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Næss |first1=Trine|title=Per Aabel |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |year=2009 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Per_Aabel |language=Norwegian |accessdate=June 30, 2020}}{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Kvalvik |first1=Bent |title=Andreas Aabel |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |year=2009 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Andreas_Aabel |language=Norwegian |accessdate=June 30, 2020}}

Johannessen had her stage debut on January 4, 1900{{cite news |title=Kr.a Centralteater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_socialdemokraten_null_null_19000104_17_3_1 |accessdate=July 1, 2020 |work=Social-Demokraten |issue=3 |date=January 4, 1900 |page=2}} at the Central Theater under the direction of Rudolf "Rulle" Rasmussen. She played the role of the young girl Hildegard in the comedy Das Opferlamm (The Sacrificial Lamb) by Oscar Walther and Leo Stein, in which her father played the lead role.{{cite news |title=Kristiania centralteater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_socialdemokraten_null_null_19000106_17_5_1 |accessdate=July 1, 2020 |work=Social-Demokraten |issue=5 |date=January 6, 1900 |page=2}}

In 1900, she participated in the Nord-Norge-turneen (Northern Norway Tour), headed by Harald Otto, in which she played Helga in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's comedy Geografi og Kærlighed (Geography and Love).