Gerd Grieg, née Egede-Nissen (21 April 1895 – 1988) was a Norwegian actress.

She was born in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

. Her parents were Georga ("Goggi") Wilhelma Ellertsen (1871-1959) and politician Adam Egede-Nissen

Adam Egede-Nissen

Adam Egede-Nissen , Norwegian Communist politician. Born in Levanger and he started his political involvement in the Liberal Party of Norway and was elected to the Storting in 1900. In 1905 he broke with the Liberal Party and joined the Norwegian Labour Party and became one of its leaders...

 (1868-1954). Her siblings Aud Egede-Nissen

Aud Egede-Nissen

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, Ada Kramm

Ada Kramm

Ada Kramm was a Norwegian stage and film actress whose career spanned more than six decades.-Early life and career:...

, Stig Egede-Nissen, Lill Egede-Nissen and Gøril Havrevold became an actors as well. Gerd made her acting début at the Nationaltheatret

Nationaltheatret

The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829...

 in 1910.

She was married to writer Nordahl Grieg. During the German occupation of Norway

Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

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 the two were active in the Norwegian resistance movement

Norwegian resistance movement

The Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:...

. Gerd Grieg mostly stayed in the United States and the United Kingdom, "entertaining Norwegian seamen like a Norwegian Vera Lynn

Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...

". Nordahl Grieg died in 1943. Gerd retired in 1955.