Gisle Straume

Gisle Straume (26 August 1917 – 1 December 1988) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.

He was born in Holla. He was employed at Det Norske Teatret from 1945 to 1951, at Den Nationale Scene from 1951 to 1952, and again at Det Norske Teatret from 1952 to 1955. He served as theatre director at Rogaland Teater from 1956 to 1958, and for Den Nationale Scene from 1963 to 1967, and worked for the National Theatre in Oslo from 1959 to 1963 and from 1967 to 1976.

Straume was particularly popular for his role as "lektor Tørrdal" in Stompa (a Norwegian adaptation of the Jennings novels), a series of radio plays and films for children.^[1]

References

^ Svend Erik Løken Larsen (2007). "Gisle Straume". In Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Gisle_Straume. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Claes Gill	Director of the Rogaland Teater 1956–1958	Succeeded by Bjarne Andersen
Preceded by Bjarne Andersen	Director of the Den Nationale Scene 1963–1967	Succeeded by Knut Thomassen

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Name	Straume, Gisle
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Date of birth	26 August 1917
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Date of death	1 December 1988
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