Mathilde Nielsen (Norwegian actress)
Mathilde Nielsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 15, 1853 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Relatives | Elly Kjølstad, Snefrid Aukland |
Mathilde Regine Nielsen (July 15, 1853 – ?) was a Norwegian actress.[1]
Family
[edit]Mathilde Nielsen was born in Bergen,[2] the daughter of the journeyman Niels Christian Nielsen and Marte Elisabeth Olsen (Larsen). She was the sister of the actress Elly Kjølstad[3] and the aunt of the actress Snefrid Aukland (a.k.a. Erika Warnecke). She married Gunnar Olsen Alvorn in 1891.[4]
Career
[edit]Mathilde Nielsen was a pupil of the Danish theater director Frederik Adolph Cetti in her hometown of Bergen. She followed Cetti in the 1870–1871 season in Bergen and Trondheim.[3] In the 1880s, Nielsen was a member of the theater association of the East Kristiania Labor Union (Norwegian: Kristiania østre Arbeidersamfund).[5]
Selected roles
[edit]- 1870: the bailiff's wife in Henrik Anker Bjerregaard's Fjeldeventyret[3]
- 1870: Agnes in Henrik Ibsen's Brand[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 123. ISBN 8200056228.
- ^ "Folketelling 1870 for 1301 Bergen kjøpstad". Digitalarkivet. Arkivverket. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "For 25 Aar siden. Et Theaterprojekt i Bergen". Bergens Aftenblad. No. 5096. April 6, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Ministerialbok for Jacob prestegjeld 1880-1894". Digitalarkivet. Arkivverket. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ Muus, Rudolf (1924). Kristiania forstadsscener og deres skuespillere: minder fra 70-90 årene. Kristiania: J. Aass. p. 17. Retrieved March 10, 2023.