Mathilde Nielsen (Norwegian actress)

Mathilde Regine Nielsen (July 15, 1853 – ?) was a Norwegian actress.[1]

This article is about the Norwegian actress. For the Danish actress, see Mathilde Nielsen.
Mathilde Nielsen
Born(1853-07-15)July 15, 1853
Bergen, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationActress
RelativesElly Kjølstad, Snefrid Aukland

Family

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

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

References
  1. Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 123. ISBN 8200056228.
  2. "Folketelling 1870 for 1301 Bergen kjøpstad". Digitalarkivet. Arkivverket. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. "For 25 Aar siden. Et Theaterprojekt i Bergen". Bergens Aftenblad. No. 5096. April 6, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  4. "Ministerialbok for Jacob prestegjeld 1880-1894". Digitalarkivet. Arkivverket. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  5. Muus, Rudolf (1924). Kristiania forstadsscener og deres skuespillere: minder fra 70-90 årene. Kristiania: J. Aass. p. 17. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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