Hauk Aabel

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Hauk Aabel in his role as Ola Lia in Vilhelm Dybwad's play of the same name (1905)

Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel (born April 21, 1869 in Førde , Sogn og Fjordane province , † December 12, 1961 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian actor .

Life

Early years and education

Hauk Aabel grew up as the son of the doctor Andreas Leigh Aabel (1830-1901) and his wife Wilhelmine Louise Collett (1834-1901) in Valdres and Toten . Initially, there was little to suggest that he would become one of the most popular folk actors of his generation. After graduating from high school in 1889 and taking the Philosophicum exam at the University of Oslo , he worked temporarily as a tutor near Gjøvik . At the Krigsskolen , the military academy of the Norwegian Army, he trained as a sub-lieutenant until 1892 . Afterwards he took up law studies in Oslo without enthusiasm, but gradually felt more and more drawn to the theater. He began to take acting lessons from Johanne Dybwad .

theatre

After successfully auditioning at the Christiania Theater , he received a contract from the artistic director Hans Schrøder. He made his debut on October 11, 1897 as a seminarian Pedersen in Hulda Garborg's comedy Rationelt fjøsstell (Rational stable management). When most of his fellow actors moved to the newly opened Nationaltheatret shortly afterwards , he decided to take part in the short-lived Secondteatret on the grounds of Oslo's Tivoli . Here he achieved his breakthrough in a staging of Gustav Wied's drama Erotik in autumn 1899. He celebrated a similarly great success in 1905 at Centralteatret, where he played the title character in his cousin's Vilhelm Dybwad's comedy Ola Lia , a naive farmer who falls under the robbers in the capital. The production saw no fewer than 192 performances and made Aabel known nationwide. The fact that he recorded the songs from this piece on a gramophone record as early as 1905 also contributed to this .

Hauk Aabel as Jeppe in Ludvig Holberg's Jeppe vom Berge (1928)

From 1911 until his official retirement in 1934, Hauk Aabel played mostly at the Nationaltheatret in Oslo. Here he shone again in comic roles, including in several Holberg comedies. His portrayal of the drunk and sensitive small farmer Jeppe, whom his baron plays badly (in Jeppe vom Berge ), is considered a milestone in Norwegian theater history. Between 1918 and 1928 he played Jeppe in a myriad of performances. The audience demanded Hauk Aabel and his rich facial expressions in roles like these, but more serious appearances (for example as old Ekdal in Henrik Ibsen's Die Wildente , 1918 and 1928) were long remembered. Aabel was used in over 160 productions at the Nationaltheatret alone.

Silent and sound films

Hauk Aabel first appeared in a silent film as early as 1917 . In Mauritz Stiller's comedy Alexander den store (Alexander the Great), which has only been handed down in fragments , he played the main role, a shrewd waiter in a hotel restaurant. Then ten years would pass before he appeared in a film again, but only in a supporting role. A good impression of Aabel's acting skills are the feature films from the 1930s, especially the early sound film Jeppe vom Berge , completed in 1933 , which shows Aabel again in his star role . Hauk Aabel took his last film role in 1939 in the Swedish-Norwegian co-production Valfångare (German distribution title: Liebe, Männer und Harpoons), which portrayed a shipowner.

Towards the end of his career, Hauk Aabel published two volumes of memoirs : Moro var det lell! (1935; It was still funny!) And Gode ​​gamle dager (1949; Good old days).

Private

Hauk Aabel was married to the actress Svanhild Johannessen (1882–1971) from 1901. The marriage resulted in two sons: the director, actor and dancer Per Aabel (1902–1999) and the actor Andreas Aabel (1911–1948).

Awards

In 1922 Aabel received the King's Medal of Merit in Gold. In 1958 he was named "First Class Knight" of the Order of Saint Olav .

Filmography

  • 1917: Alexander den store (Alexander the Great), directed by Mauritz Stiller
  • 1927: Troll-Elgen (Der Troll-Elch), directed by Walter Fyrst
  • 1931: Den store barnedåpen (The big baptism ), directed by Tancred Ibsen
  • 1932: En glad gutt (A merry boy), directed by John W. Brunius
  • 1933: Jeppe på bjerget (Jeppe vom Berge), directed by Per Aabel
  • 1935: Du har lovet meg en kone (You promised me a wife), directed by Tancred Ibsen
  • 1936: Morderen uten ansikt (Murderer Without a Face), directed by Leif Sinding
  • 1938: Ungen (The Child), directed by Rasmus Breistein
  • 1939: Valfångare (love, men and harpoons; literally: whalers), directed by Anders Henrikson / Tancred Ibsen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Thoralf Berg, Hauk Aabel . In: Norsk Biografisk Leksikon . Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Hauk Aabel . In: Siren Steen / Bård Ose / Jan Eggum (eds.), Norsk pop- og rockleksikon , Oslo 2005 ( online version .)
  3. ↑ Jens Harald Eilertsen, Mer om Secondteatret , sceneweb.no. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hauk Aabel , Nationaltheatret - Arkiv. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Nils Johan Ringdal, Nationaltheatrets historie 1899–1999 , Oslo 2000, p. 126 f.
  6. ^ Nils Johan Ringdal, Nationaltheatrets historie 1899–1999 , Oslo 2000, p. 666.

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personal data
SURNAME Aabel, Hauk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aabel, Hauk Erlendssøn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Førde , Sogn og Fjordane province
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1961
Place of death Oslo