Geir Ove Kvalheim
Geir Ove Kvalheim (born April 30, 1970 in Bergen ) is a Norwegian actor, journalist and filmmaker.
Life
Geir Ove Kvalheim grew up in Vestfold . In his youth he was politically active in organizations of the Norwegian Labor Party. Between 1992 and 1994 he received training at the Skrivekunstakademiet in the Hordaland region and at the Romerike Volkshochschule (Romerike folkehøgskole) .
Kvalheim appeared as an actor in various television series on Norwegian television. He works as a director for Norwegian Broadcasting and various other Norwegian television and media companies.
In 2007, Kvalheim broadcast a television feature and interview with the Norwegian collaborator and Obersturmführer of the Waffen-SS Fredrik Jensen (* 1921).
Hamsun manuscripts
In 2005, Kvalheim discovered eight more documents from Knut Hamsun about his involvement as a supporter of German National Socialism and sold them to the Norwegian National Library . The authenticity of the documents was questioned in 2008 by the Hamsun researcher Lars Frode Larsen .
Web links
- Geir Ove Kvalheim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Report with a short biography of Geir Ove Kvalheim , near Dagbladet (Norway) , June 7, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fredrik Jensen at the Norwegian Wikipedia no: Fredrik Jensen
- ↑ Lars Frode Larsen at the Norwegian Wikipedia no: Lars Frode Larsen
- ↑ Aldo Keel: When all of a sudden there is solid evidence. A Norwegian film director and his false Hamsun manuscripts. NZZ , December 17, 2011
- ↑ Jan Gunnar Furuly: Tiltalt for å forfalske Hamsun og Ibsen , in: Aftenposten , November 30, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kvalheim, Geir Ove |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen (Norway) |