Kristian Hefte

Norwegian actor

Kristian Hefte
Born	(1905-04-28)April 28, 1905 Ål, Norway
Died	February 24, 1977(1977-02-24) (aged 71)
Occupation	Actor

Kristian Hefte (April 28, 1905 – February 24, 1977) was a Norwegian actor.^[1]^[2]

Hefte made his stage debut in 1929 at the Falkberget Theater as Fredrik in the play Bør Børson Jr. For more than thirty years, he was a driving force at the Trøndelag Theater, where he played such diverse roles as Celius in Nils Kjær's Det lykkelige valg, Didrik in Olav Duun's Medmenneske, and Firs in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.^[2]

Hefte received the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1975.^[3]

Filmography

1932: Skjærgårdsflirt as Erik Østerman, Østerman's son
1938: Bør Børson Jr. as Nils Tollvollen
1939: De vergeløse as the sheriff's officer
1940: Bastard as Vasily's Russian friend
1941: Den forsvundne pølsemaker as the butcher's friend Rudolf Jensen
1942: Trysil-Knut as a raftsman

References

^ Øisang, Ole (1962). Trøndelag teater gjennom 25 år. Trondheim: I kommisjon hos F. Bruns bokhandels forlag. p. 130.
^ ^a ^b "Kristian Hefte". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ "Kongens fortjenstmedalje i gull". Det norske kongehus. Retrieved May 3, 2021. 01.07.1975, Hefte, Kristian. Skuespiller Kristian Hefte er tildelt Kongens Fortjenstmedalje i gull.