Minken Fosheim (b. 20 March 1956) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 actress and children's books author. She graduated from Teaterhøyskolen (the Theater Academy), and has since acted in various roles on stage, film and television. Rather than working under a permanent contract with any particular theater, she works as a freelancer

Freelancer

A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...

. She has also had success writing books for children about composers, like Mozart, Grieg

Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

 and Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...

. Fosheim runs the children's theater Barne- og ungdomsteateret from her home 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...

, an educational institution with 170 children.

Her brother is the musician Lage Fosheim, known from the band The Monroes

The Monroes (Norwegian band)

The Monroes was a Norwegian pop/ska duo that held significant popularity in Norway in the 1980s. The band consisted of guitarist Eivind Rølles and vocalist Lage Fossheim. Their biggest hit was "Sunday People". Their first album , released in 1983, sold over 130,000 copies in Norway...

. She is married to André Wienskol – originally from France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 – whom she met when she was 21. Together they have two sons. Her oldest son, Tobias, has had a role on the Norwegian TV-series Nr. 13.

Select filmography

• "Fruen fra havet" (TV, 1979)
• Svarta fåglar (1983)
• Viva Villaveien! (1989)
• A Handful of Time
  A Handful of Time
  A Handful of Time is a Norwegian film from 1989, directed by Martin Asphaug. Starring Espen Skjønberg, Camilla Strøm-Henriksen, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen and Bjørn Sundquist, the film also features Susannah York and Nigel Hawthorne....
  
  (1990)
• "Karl & Co
  Karl & Co
  Karl & Co is a Norwegian situation comedy created by Tore Ryen, starring Nils Vogt reprising his role as Karl Reverud from the popular sitcom Mot i brøstet. It aired on TV 2, running for three seasons from 1998 to 2001, a total of 63 episodes...
  
  " (TV, 1998)
• Sofies verden (2000)

External links

Interview from Dagbladet

Dagbladet

Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....

. Minkens Barne- og Ungdomsteater