Elsa Nordvang

Elsa Nordvang was the leader of The Children and Youth Theatre at Rogaland Theatre from 1973 to 2002, after having managed the same company withSverre Bentzen,Carl Chr. Thorsen and Per Egil Hovland from 1963 to 1970.

For her effort she got the Honorary Hedda 2008.

Elsa Nordvang was the leader of The Children and Youth Theatre at Rogaland Theatre from 1973 to 2002.

For her effort she got the Honorary Hedda 2008.

The Hedda jury reasoned as folllows:

"The Honorary Hedda is not supposed to be an annual event, but is only to be awarded when the jury can't not give it out. Wenche Foss got it in 2002, Jon Fosse in 2003, Espen Skjønberg and Toralv Maurstad in 2005. This year the jury couldn't abstain from giving out again.

The theatre offering to children and youth unfortunately is a neglected area in our rich theatre country. But there is one amazing exception. And that is here, in Stavanger, where the Honorary Award winner has provided children and youth with love to the theatre for almost 30 years, and educated, not just a number of performing artists who have enriched Norwegian theatre, but also a unique audience.

The Honorary Award goes to Elsa Nordvang, leader of The Children and Youth Theatre at Rogaland Theatre from 1973 to 2002."

Source:

The Hedda Award