Det Norske Theater

Det Norske Theater (literally: The Norwegian Theatre) was established in Bergen in 1850 by an initiative by Ole Bull. The theatre had to cease its activity due to economic difficulties in 1863, and in 1876 re-opened as Den Nationale Scene (literally: The National Stage, which is now also the theatre's official English-language name, after having used The National Venue of Theatre for a while).

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(Objekt ID 44028)
Object type Organization
Main focus Theatre
Established 1850 (closed 1863)

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Address Bergen, Norway

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Det Norske Theater became Norway's first Norwegian-language theatre. Its efforts were artistically and nationally oriented, and contributed to making Norwegian the natural language of the stage in Norway. Det Norske Theater was a place of learning for Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson both. In turn, they were employed by the theatre. Henrik Ibsen worked as an instructor and consultant for the theatre 1851–57, and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was its artistic director 1857–59. 

The theatre was also a place of learning for the Danish writer Magdalene Thoresen, and not least for a number of Norwegian performing artists, including the actors Johannes Brun, Lucie Wolf, Jakob Prom, Andreas Isachsen, Fredrikke Nielsen, Ole Bucher, Benedicte Hundevadt and Sofie Parelius.

SOURCES:

Store Norske Leksikon, The National Stage, 16.06.2016, http://snl.no/Den_Nationale_Scene

Wikipedia, no.wikipedia.org, 16.06.2016, https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komediehuset_p%C3%A5_Engen

Contributors (15)
Henrik Ibsen – Instructor (fra 1952 til 1957)
Hans Bordevik – Instructor (fra September 1, 1861 til 1863)
Jakob Prom – Instructor (fra October 1, 1860)
Harald Nielsen – Instructor (fra October 1, 1860)
Jens Cronborg – Instructor (fra September 1, 1859)
Georg Herman Krohn – Instructor (fra September 1, 1859 til April 1, 1860)
Levini Krohn – Instructor (fra September 1, 1859 til April 1, 1860)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson – Instructor (fra December 1, 1857 til 1859)
Ole Bull – Managing-director (fra Navember 1, 1857 til January 1, 1863)
Henrik Ibsen – Dramatist/Playwright (fra 1851 til January 1, 1852)
Herman Laading – Instructor (fra October 1, 1851 til Navember 1, 1857)
Mad. Hagerup – Instructor (fra 1850 til 1851)
Ole Langfeldt Boye – Instructor (fra August 1, 1850 til 1851)
Ole Bull – Managing-director (fra January 1, 1850 til January 1, 1855)
Kandidat Jensen – Instructor (fra January 1, 1850 til October 1, 1851)