Odd Børretzen
Encyclopedia
Odd Lunde Børretzen is a Norwegian
author, illustrator, translator, and vocalist.
in the Hjelmeland
municipality as the son of a preacher. When Odd was three years old, his family moved to Grorud
in Oslo
; his childhood is told is the self-biographic Min barndoms verden (My Childhood World, 1997; filmed as Da jeg traff Jesus … med sprettert
, 2000). Later in his life, between 1946 and 1952, he worked as a telegrapher among other things.
Odd Børretzen debuted as an author in 1959 with his self-illustrated children's book Byen som laget brannbil (The city that made the firetruck). He gave out his first record album in 1974. His play Synd og skam (Pity and shame) was shown on Teater Ibsen in 1994. Odd Børretzen's Manuscript
s are always written by hand.
He is well known for his many performances with Julius Hougen
on radio and television as Braathen, a pensioner. They received a strong reaction to the so-called pensioner sketches, and therefore Børretzen decided to stop performing them due to bad conscience. He also was the narrator for the animation series Kalles klatretre (Kalle's climbing tree) on NRK.
Odd Børretzen lives in Holmestrand
. He has lived together with Eva Bødtker-Næss, a sculptor, for over thirty years.
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...
author, illustrator, translator, and vocalist.
Biography
He was born in FisterFister
Fister is a small village near Stavanger in the Hjelmeland municipality on the south-western Norwegian coast. Fister has the highest average temperature in Norway. It is visited by many tourists each year...
in the Hjelmeland
Hjelmeland
is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hjelmeland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Two other municipalities were later separated from it: Årdal and Fister , but these were both again merged with Hjelmeland on 1 January 1965.Hjelmeland is known for their fruit and fish...
municipality as the son of a preacher. When Odd was three years old, his family moved to Grorud
Grorud
Grorud is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.The borough contains the Ammerud, Grorud, Kalbakken, Rødtvet, Nordtvet and Romsås areas. Traditionally a borough inhabited by the working class, Grorud has in the last few decades had a great influx of immigrants. 40% of the population are first or...
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...
; his childhood is told is the self-biographic Min barndoms verden (My Childhood World, 1997; filmed as Da jeg traff Jesus … med sprettert
Odd Little Man
Odd Little Man is a Norwegian family movie from 2000, directed by Stein Leikanger, based on one of the biographic memoirs of Odd Børretzen. The first part of the Norwegian title means "When I met Jesus". The second part means "...with a slingshot", thus changing the meaning of the title to "When I...
, 2000). Later in his life, between 1946 and 1952, he worked as a telegrapher among other things.
Odd Børretzen debuted as an author in 1959 with his self-illustrated children's book Byen som laget brannbil (The city that made the firetruck). He gave out his first record album in 1974. His play Synd og skam (Pity and shame) was shown on Teater Ibsen in 1994. Odd Børretzen's Manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
s are always written by hand.
He is well known for his many performances with Julius Hougen
Julius Hougen
Julius Hougen was a Norwegian jurist and radio personality. He became known as the voice from Sørlandet over a period of more than forty years, eventually as a leader of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's district office in Kristiansand.-Early career and personal life:Hougen was born in...
on radio and television as Braathen, a pensioner. They received a strong reaction to the so-called pensioner sketches, and therefore Børretzen decided to stop performing them due to bad conscience. He also was the narrator for the animation series Kalles klatretre (Kalle's climbing tree) on NRK.
Odd Børretzen lives in Holmestrand
Holmestrand
is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Holmestrad. The city was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The neighboring rural municipality of Botne was merged into the municipality of Holmestrand on 1 January...
. He has lived together with Eva Bødtker-Næss, a sculptor, for over thirty years.