Det Nye Teater was a theatre that opened in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 in 1929, and ended as an independent theatre in 1959, when it merged with Folketeatret

Folketeatret

Folketeatret is a theatre in Oslo, Norway. The building has existed longer than the theatre, and been used as a movie theatre and opera house....

 to form Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater in Oslo is one of Norway's most visited theatres.The theatre opened in 1959 as a merge between Det Nye Teater and Folketeatret, and consists of four stages; Oslo Nye Hovedscenen, Oslo Nye Centralteatret, Oslo Nye Trikkestallen and Oslo Nye Caféscenen.-External links:*...

. The theatre's original purpose was to support contemporary Norwegian drama.

History

The company A/S Det Nye Teater was founded in 1918, by Johan Bojer

Johan Bojer

Johan Bojer was a popular Norwegian novelist and dramatist. He principally wrote about the lives of the poor farmers and fishermen, both in his native Norway and among the Norwegian immigrants in the United States.-Biography:...

 and Peter Egge

Peter Egge

Peter Egge was a renowned Norwegian writer.He was the father of Ørnulf Egge and grandfather of Åsmund Egge.- Bibliography :* Almue * Nordfra * Faddergaven * Trøndere...

. Among the largest financial supporters were ship owner Ivar An Christensen, and the also the Norwegian State bought a significant number of shares. The theatre building was designed by the architects Blakstad

Gudolf Blakstad

Gudolf Blakstad was a Norwegian architect.Born in Gjerpen, Blakstad was educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, worked with Arnstein Arneberg and Herman Munthe-Kaas...

 and Dunker

Jens Gram Dunker

Jens Gram Dunker was a Norwegian architect.Born in Christiania, he took architectural education in Dresden. He first worked under Harald Hals and Arnstein Arneberg, but started on his own in 1919...

. The theatre's first artistic director was Ingolf Schanche

Ingolf Schanche

Ingolf Findregaard Schanche was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He spent most of his career at Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and was also the first artistic director at Det Nye Teater.-Personal life:...

, from 1928 to 1931. The theatre opened on 26 to 28 February 1929, with Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....

's trilogy, Ved rigets port, Livets spil and Aftenrøde, followed by Peter Egge

Peter Egge

Peter Egge was a renowned Norwegian writer.He was the father of Ørnulf Egge and grandfather of Åsmund Egge.- Bibliography :* Almue * Nordfra * Faddergaven * Trøndere...

's play Kjærlighet og venskap. From 1931 to 1932 Thomas Thomassen

Thomas Thomassen

Thomas Thomassen was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He made his stage debut in 1900 at Centralteatret. He served as theatre director of Stavanger Faste Scene from 1918 to 1921, and of Den Nationale Scene in Bergen from 1925 to 1931....

 managed the theatre, and from 1932 to 1933 Gyda Christensen

Gyda Christensen

Gyda Marthe Kristine Christensen , was a Norwegian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Later also a Managing Director of Nationaltheatret's ballet school in Oslo.-Biography:...

. Einar Sissener

Einar Sissener

Einar Sissener was a Norwegian stage actor, film actor, stage producer, film producer and theatre director.-Personal life:...

 was theatre director from 1933 to 1934, and Hjalmar Friis and Gyda Christensen jointly from 1934 to 1935. Sissener and Fridtjof Mjøen

Fridtjof Mjøen

Fridtjof Mjøen was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He made his stage debut at Centralteatret in 1927. He was artistical director at Det Nye Teater from 1936 to 1937. During the 1940s and 1950s he played in various films, and in audio plays at Radioteatret.-References:...

 were managers until 1937, when Victor Bernau

Victor Bernau

Victor Bernau was a Norwegian singer, actor and theatre director. He was artistical director at Chat Noir, Scala Teater and Det Nye Teater. He is often regarded as the founder of Norwegian revue.-References:...

 took over until 1939. From 1939 the theatre was managed by Gyda Christensen, and Tore Foss

Tore Foss

Tore Foss was a Norwegian singer, actor and theatre director. He made his stage début at Chat Noir in 1927. He played at Balkongen from 1927 to 1928, and later worked for Nationaltheatret, Det Nye Teater, Centralteatret and Folketeatret. He participated in several films.-References:...

 from 1945 to 1947. Axel Otto Normann

Axel Otto Normann

Axel Otto Normann was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, theatre critic and theatre director.He was born in Fredrikstad as the son of a wholesaler. He finished his secondary education in 1901, and studied philology at the University of Kristiania and for half a year at Sorbonne University,...

 managed the theatre from 1947 to 1959. He was also the first director at Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater in Oslo is one of Norway's most visited theatres.The theatre opened in 1959 as a merge between Det Nye Teater and Folketeatret, and consists of four stages; Oslo Nye Hovedscenen, Oslo Nye Centralteatret, Oslo Nye Trikkestallen and Oslo Nye Caféscenen.-External links:*...

 after the merge between Folketeatret

Folketeatret

Folketeatret is a theatre in Oslo, Norway. The building has existed longer than the theatre, and been used as a movie theatre and opera house....

 and Det Nye Teater in 1959.
Among actors who performed at Det Nye Teater were Hauk Aabel

Hauk Aabel

Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel was a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film.-Career:...

, Gunnar Tolnæs

Gunnar Tolnæs

Gunnar Tolnæs was a Norwegian-born film actor who worked for most of his career in Denmark.-Career:Tolnæs's film credits, all silent films, include:* Children of the Streets * One of the Many...

, Harald Stormoen

Harald Stormoen

Harald Stormoen was a Norwegian actor.-Personal life:Stormoen was born in Nord-Odal as a son of farmer Marius Stormoen. He was a half-brother of Hans Stormoen, an uncle of Kjell Stormoen and a granduncle of Even Stormoen. By education, Stormoen had the examen artium from 1890 as well as one year...

, Knut Hergel

Knut Hergel

Knut Hergel was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.Hergel was actor at Stavanger Theater from 1924 to 1926, and at the theatre in Trondheim from 1926 to 1927. He was employed as stage producer at Det Nye Teater from 1928 to 1935...

, Agnes Mowinckel

Agnes Mowinckel

Agnes Mowinckel was a Norwegian actress and theatre director, born in Bergen. She was Norway's first professional stage director. She was a pioneer in bringing painters to the theatre, using light as an artistic element, and engaging contemporary composers...

, Alfred Maurstad

Alfred Maurstad

Alfred Maurstad was a leading Norwegian actor, and the father of actor Toralv Maurstad. Beside being an actor, Alfred was famous for playing the fiddle...

, Harald Steen, Tore Segelcke

Tore Segelcke

Tore Dyveke Segelcke was a Norwegian actress.She was the sister of Georg Løkkeberg; and married from 1927-42 to her colleague Lasse Segelcke, and from 1945-1959 to Dr Anton Raabe.She made her debut in 1921 touring with Det Norske Teatret where she was based until 1924...

, Georg Løkkeberg, Wenche Foss

Wenche Foss

Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang , better known as Wenche Foss, was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television.-Biography:...

, Jens Gunderssen

Jens Gunderssen

Jens Gunderssen was a Norwegian singer, songwriter, actor, stage producer and theatre director.-Early and personal life:...

, Sonja Wigert

Sonja Wigert

Sonja Wigert was a Norwegian actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1934 and 1960.-Selected filmography:* Blood and Fire * Onsdagsväninnan * Letter from the Dead...

, Lillebil Ibsen

Lillebil Ibsen

Lillebil Ibsen was a Norwegian dancer and actress.-Personal life:She was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Martha Kristine Andersen...

, Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad was a Norwegian actor, considered one of country's best and most versatile actors. He had his theatrical debut at the age of 13, in 1928, for Nationaltheatret . Two years later he acted in his first movie, titled Eskimo...

, Merete Skavlan

Merete Skavlan

Merete Skavlan is a Norwegian actress, theatre instructor and director.She was the daughter of newspaper editor and theatre director Einar Skavlan and music educator Margrethe Bartholdy....

, Knut Thomassen

Knut Thomassen

Knut Thomassen was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He made his stage debut at Det Nye Teater in Oslo in 1941. He served as theatre director of Den Nationale Scene from 1967 to 1976. He was an active participant in organizational work, and chaired National and Scandinavian theatre...

, Arne Thomas Olsen

Arne Thomas Olsen

Arne Thomas Olsen was a Norwegian actor, stage producer and theatre director. He was a driving force at Studioteatret, as both actor and producer.-Early and personal life:...

, Mona Hofland

Mona Hofland

Mona Hofland was a Norwegian actress of theatre and television.She had her stage debut at Studioteatret in 1949 and since built a reputation as a solid versatile actress...

, Johannes Eckhoff

Johannes Eckhoff

Johannes Eckhoff was a Norwegian actor. He made his stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1939, and has later worked for Centralteatret, Det Nye Teater and Riksteatret. He participated in the film Englandsfarere in 1946, and in Kampen om tungtvannet from 1948...

 and Per Sunderland

Per Sunderland

Per Sunderland is a Norwegian stage actor and film actor. He made his stage debut at Studioteatret in 1945. He performed at Det Norske Teatret from 1949, at Det Nye Teater from 1951, at Folketeatret from 1952, and at Nationaltheatret from 1957...

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