Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad with real name Johan Henrik Ludvig Kolstad around 1960.

Johan Henrik Ludvig "Henki" Kolstad (born February 3, 1915 in Kristiania , † July 14, 2008 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian actor and director . He was known for several generations in Norway for all-round acting in film and theater. Especially in the age of television, he reached attention so among other things, the role of "Skomaker Andersen" in the Christmas series ( juleserien ) Skomakergata 1979, as well as for his performances in three Norwegian Olsen Gang - films ( remake ) in the role as Kongen (King) and Master Hansen .

Career

theatre

Kolstad made his debut in 1928 as a 13-year-old actor in the Nationaltheatret in the play 18 år (18 years), and had his adult debut «voksendebut» in 1936 at Centralteatret . In the course of his long career at the theater, he worked at Trøndelag Teater , Det Nye Teater , Edderkoppen teater , Centralteatret and from 1964 to 1986 at the Nationaltheatret. In addition to his speaking theater roles, he also appeared there as a singer in operettas , such as B. in the performance "Sommer in Tirol" ( Sommer i Tyrol ) and in the musical My Fair Lady . Kolstad also had the role of Alfred P. Dolittle in My Fair Lady in 1959 , which was also the first Norwegian musical performance at the Folketeatret (People's Theater) in Oslo . A highlight at Kolstad's theater were the farce performances from 1989 to 1990 at Den spanske flue (The Spanish Fly) at the ABC Theater , where he played the mustard manufacturer Ludwig Klinke. The play has been broadcast at Christmas on Norwegian television NRK several times since 1990 , most recently in 2007. Besides these performances, Kolstad had also played other important roles at Fjernsynsteatret (television theater ) and at Nationaltheatret (national theater ). His last performance as a theater employee was the performance at the Nationaltheatret of the play Death of a Salesman (En commercial traveler død) with Kolstad in the lead role as Willy Loman . After that he officially retired and only played sporadically in the theater. He had his very last stage appearance in 1993 in the play Det lykkelige valg as Doktor Onsø .

Movie and TV

Kolstad made his film debut in 1930 at the age of 14 in the Danish film Eskimo (The White God) from 1930 and got his first leading role as Petter Gran in Vi gifter oss in 1951 . Kolstad was known in Norway for its extensive involvement in successful Norwegian film and television productions.

One of his most famous television productions was the Norwegian family Christmas series Jul i Skomakergata (1979), where he played the leading role of Jens Andersen Petrus. This series was repeated several times, most recently in 2003, and it also contributed to Kolstad becoming known among younger audiences in his homeland. In the 1950s, Henki Kolstad and Inger Marie Andersen were a very popular film couple, as they appeared together in several films such as Vi gifter oss . He also worked in many other well-known Norwegian and Scandinavian films, such as 1958 in the films Pastor Jarman kommer hjem and De dødes tjern (1958), 1963 in Vildanden and 1965 in Skjær i sjøen . Kolstad is also known in Norway for its involvement in the remakes of the originally Danish Olsen Gang . He played in the Norwegian Olsen Gang - film series, with three films with twice its role as Kongen (King) and once as Mester Hansen (Hansen Master).

He made his television debut in 1966 in the television theater play Kontoristene . He then had many other important appearances, such as B. 1980 in the family comedy series Hjemme hos oss , with him in the leading role as Oddbjørn. His very last appearance on television was in 2001 in a guest role on the crime series Fox Grønland .

family

Henki Kolstad's family lived in Oslo. He married his wife Else Kolstad on July 8, 1938 and they were married together for 76 years. Together they had a son, film director Morten Kolstad , and two daughters. Henki Kolstad was the older brother of the actor and singer Lasse Kolstad . He was the son of Andreas Kolstad (1883–1959) and Johanne (1884–1966). Kolstad died on Monday 14 July 2008 in Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo at the age of 93.

Honors and prizes

• 1958: Film Critics pinches film critic price for his starring role as Petter Gran in the movie Vi gifter oss of 1951 .
• 1959: Storkors i Purpurnæseordenen i Kunstnerforeningen (Grand Cross of the Purpurnæse Order) by the Norwegian Artists' Association and awarded the Aamot statuette or the Amanda for his efforts on Norwegian film.
• 1971: Theater critic prizes (theater critic award ) for his role as a fool in King Lear ( Kong Lear )
• 1988: Commander of the Order of St. Olav
• 1990: Æres-Amanda

In 2003 , Ingerid Nordstrand and Pål Bang-Hansen from NRK made a documentary about Henki Kolstad with the title: "Henki på film" (Henki in the film), which was first shown in July 2003 on Norwegian television.

Filmography (film and television)

motion pictures 1930 Eskimo also known as The White God , film debut at the age of 14 1931: Halvvägs til himlen 1932: The White God as a cabin boy 1943: Erik Borgan as public prosecutor 1948: Dit vindarna bär ( Jørgen smed ) as Jens Haarstad 1948: Trollfossen 1948: Hvor fartøy flyte kan 1948: Battle for heavy water ( Kampen om tungtvannet ) 1949: Vi flyr på Rio as Bonzo 1949: Svendsen går videre as Henrik - Arbeidserpartimann 1950: To mistenkelige personer as Løsgjenger 1951: Alt dette og Iceland med as Bjørn, Finn's assistant 1951: Kvinnan Ofcom allt 1951: Vi gifter oss as Petter Gran 1952: Det kunne vært deg as Haralp, Pompen 1952: Nødlanding as Hans 1954: Troll i ord as Knut Bakke 1955: Ute blåser sommarvind as goals 1956: Roser til Monica as Tor Dreier, editor 1957: Selv om de er små as Tallaksen, skraphandler 1957: Rendezvous with forgotten years ( Stevnemøte med glemte år ) 1958: De dødes tjern as Bernhard Borge 1958: Pastor Jarman kommer hjem as Pastor Jarman 1959: 5 loddrett as Knut Jespersen 1960: Millionær for en aften as Erik Sørensen, journalist 1961: Et øye på hver finger as director Anatol 1961: Passionate encounter ( Line ) as Gabriel Sand 1963: Vildanden as Hjalmar Ekdal 1963: Fraspark fresco as Embret Tronsbakken 1964: Nydelige nelliker as Store-Jens 1964: Pappa tar gull as a spoon 1964: Alle tiders kupp as Jens Madsen 1965: Skjær i sjøen as Johannes Mørk, author 1965: To på topp as Captain Madsen 1965: Hjelp - vi får leilighet! I husmorfilm 1966: Hunger ( Sult ) as editor 1967: More musician than Bille, ship owner 1967: Gutten som kappåt med trolls as Bonden på kroa 1968: Hennes meget kongelige høyhet as Kongen (King) 1970: Bjurra as Pedersen 1972: Ture Sventon, private detective as Monsieur Piccard 1974: Faren til Jan 1974: Olsenbanden møter Kongen & Knekten as Kongen (King) 1978: Olsenbanden og Data-Harry sprenger verdensbanken as Master Hansen 1985: Papirfuglen as a colleague of Larre 1985: Deilig he fjords! as Terje's boss 1988: Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by as Tobias 1993: De blå ulvene guest at the vernissage 1994: Rieke's wild horse ( Villhesten) as Bernhard 1994: Det var en gang as Fortellerstemmen 1999: Olsenbandens siste stikk as Kongen (King)

Voice actor 1973: Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham 1999: Babar the elephant cartoon, the elephant king and as Cornelius 1992: Aladdin as Sultan 1991: Beauty and the Beast ( Skjønnheten og udyret ) as Maurice 1975: Hintertupfinger Grand Prix ( Flåklypa Grand Prix ) as moderator and commentator watch TV 1966: Kontoristene (television theater) 1969: Taxi as a taxi driver 1974: Fleksnes fataliteter as director Hoff 1977: Lykkespill .... Henki Kolstad 1979–1980 Hjemme hos oss as Husets far 1979: Jul i skomakergata as Jens Petrus Andersen 1986: Teodor's jule calendar as Jens Petrus Andersen 1988: Fleksnes fataliteter than St. Peter (10 episodes) 1990: Den spanske flue (the Spanish fly) as Ludvig Klinke 1993: Mot i brøstet as Pastor Tønnesen 2001: Fleksnes more fatal than old man 2001: Fox Grønland as Arne Larsen Director 1952: Det kunne vært deg (director with Kåre Bergstrøm ) 1951: Vi gifter oss 1949: Vi flyr på Rio (director of the «Norwegian version»)

Theater stage appearances

National Theater (In the periods 1928 & 1964–1993) 1928: Atten år as Cope 1964: Tigeren as Ben (plays together with clerks ) 1964: clerks as Paul (plays with Tigeren ) 1964: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ( Hvem er redd for Virginia Woolf? ) As George 1965: Private live as Elyot Chase 1965: I rom sjø as the fete 1965: Dameorkesteret as Leon, pianist 1965: Luftgjengeren than Mr. Berenger 1966: Fugleelskerne as Caruso, mechanic 1966: Mordet på Marat as Utropians 1966: Hughie as Erie Smith 1967: Meteor as Hugo Nyffenschwander 1967: Ball i det borgerlige as men 1967: Seks personer søker en forfatter as theater director 1968: Prisen as Victor Frantz 1968: Den stundesløse as Oldfux 1968: Auditors as En gårdeier 1969: Scandaleskolen as Crabtree (was previously a planned school performance) 1969: Voks as Vilhelm 1970: Den spanske flue as Ludvig Klinke, Emma's husband 1970: Hjemkomsten as Max, 70 years old 1970: Kjære Antoine as Piedelievre 1970: Formannen as Arbeidsformannen 1971: Kirsebærhaven as Boris Simjenov-Pisjtsik 1971: King Lear as a fool 1972: Hvem er de gale as Gustav 1972: Loke as Odin 1973: The Threepenny Opera ( Tolvskillingsoperaen ) as JJ Peachum 1974: Yvonne Princess of Burgundy ( Yvonne, Prinsesse av Burgund ) as Kong Ignatius 1974: The innbilt syke as Agan, the innbilt syke 1975: De owned as Stjepan Verkhovjenskij 1975: Troll kan temmes as (in foreplay) 1975: Candida as Mr. Burgess 1977: Found hjelper sine as Lickcheese, leieoppkrever 1977: Jeg tar meg den frihet as (contributor) 1977: Lørdag, søndag, mandag as Peppino 1978: Slu rev as Laban Leffel 1978: Audition in Versailles ( Forspilles i Versailles ) as Moliere 1978: The gjerrige as Harpagon 1978: De un forbund as Gårdbruker Lundestad 1979: Did he have the gale inspector hound? as a bird boat 1980: Sherlock Holmes as Sidney Prince 1981: Don Juan eller kjærligheten til geometri as Father Diego 1981: Public Prosecutor Clarence Darrow ( Forsvarsadvokaten Clarence Darrow ) as Clarence Darrow (also translation into Norwegian) 1982: Navlen ( Le Nombril ) as Leon 1983: Sommersolhverv as Theodore Swanson (1983) 1985: Death of a traveling salesman ( En commercial traveling død ) as Willy Loman (last performance as a theater employee) 1993: Det lykkelige valg as Doktor Onsø (Kolstad's last stage appearance)

Centralteatret (1936, 1945-1949) 1936 Tre menn forteller .... Trøndelag theater (1937-1941) Oslo Nye Teater (1941-1944, 1950-years-1963) 1941 Barn av solen ? Pygmalion 1958: Jomfru Hook as Slinken 1960: My fair Lady as Pappa Dolittle Edderkoppen Teater (1944-1945, 1949-1950) Chat Noir 1959 Det går på by'n ABC Teatret 1989–1990: The Spanish fly ( Den spanske flue ) as a mustard manufacturer Klinke

Web links

• Henki Kolstad in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Oversikt over hans roller ved Nationaltheatret (overview of his leading roles at the Nationaltheater) 1928–1993
• First episode of July in Skomakergata
• Henki Kolstad in the Norsk biografisk leksikon
• Biography about Henki Kolstad in the store norske leksikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Den spanske flue. In: nrk.no. July 14, 2007, p. Nrk.no , archived from the original on March 10, 2012 ; Retrieved July 18, 2008 (Norwegian). 
2. ↑ Første episode av July i Skomakergata . In: nrk.no. July 14, 2007, p. Nrk.no , archived from the original on March 10, 2012 ; Retrieved July 14, 2008 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Henki Kolstad er død. (No longer available online.) In: Jeanette Pjaaka Hauge for Kjendis.no. July 14, 2007, S. Kjendis.no , archived from the original on July 17, 2008 ; Retrieved July 14, 2008 (Norwegian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.