Birger Løvaas

Norwegian actor

Birger Løvaas
Born	(1901-11-24)November 24, 1901
Died	June 5, 1977(1977-06-05) (aged 75)
Resting place	Vestre gravlund^[1]
Occupation	Actor

Birger Løvaas (November 24, 1901 – June 5, 1977) was a Norwegian actor and comedian.^[2]

Løvaas played Karl Anton over 2,000 times in Gideon Wahlberg's play Skjærgårdsflirt from 1928 to 1944,^[2]^[3] and he traveled throughout Norway with his theater. Skjærgårdsflirt was the most frequently viewed play of the twentieth century in Norway.^[3] Løvaas also played Karl Anton in the film version of Skjærgårdsflirt in 1932.^[3]

After the Second World War, Løvaas was engaged with both the People's Theater and the Oslo New Theater.^[2]^[3] He also appeared in the radio play Dickie Dick Dickens.^[2]

Filmography

1932: Prinsessen som ingen kunne målbinde as the suitor
1932: Skjærgårdsflirt as Karl Anton
1958: Bustenskjold as Bernt Skomaker
1963: Freske fraspark as Martin
1964: Marenco as Askild
1965: Stompa forelsker seg as the police officer
1968: Smuglere
1969: Olsen-banden as the station attendant
1970: Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry as the maintenance inspector
1973: To fluer i ett smekk as the station master

References

^ "Birger Løvaas". Oslo kommune – Gravferdsetaten. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Birger Løvaas". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Enger, Ruth Krefting (September 15, 2006). "Svensk førkrigs-buskis med Birger Løvaas: Mest sett på norsk teater". Aftenposten. Retrieved June 8, 2021.