Rolf Stenersen

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Rolf Stenersen (full name Rolf Kristian Eckersberg Stenersen , born February 13, 1899 in Oslo , † October 14, 1978 in Bergen ) was a Norwegian athlete, businessman, art collector, author, essayist, novelist, playwright and biographer.

Live and act

Early years

Rolf Stenersen was born in Oslo, which at the time was still called Kristiania . His father was the bookseller Johan Martin Stenersen, his mother Martha Kathrine Eckersberg. Until 1918 Stenersen attended the Oslo Business School.

Athletic career

Stenersen, who started for the club IF Ørnulf , was two times Norwegian champion over 200 meters, in 1919 and 1920. In 1921 there was also a runner-up. With his club he was also in 1920 and 1921 Norwegian champion in the 100-meter relay.

Stenersen took part in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp . He started over 100 and 200 meters. He was also used in the Norwegian sprint relay. On August 15th, Rolf Stenersen started the prerun 9 over 100 meters, in which the first two runners could qualify for the quarter-finals. Behind the French Émile Ali-Khan and the British Victor d'Arcy , he reached the finish line in third and was eliminated. On August 19th the prelims over 200 meters started, here too the first two runners qualified for the quarter-finals. In run 5, Stenersen took fourth and last place with 23.7 s and was also eliminated here. Finally, on August 21, the preliminary stages of the relay competition started. Stenersen's teammates were Bjarne Guldager, Erling Aastad and Asle Bækkedal. Stenersen was Norway's starting runner. The relay met in run 1 on the eventual Olympic champion USA, plus Luxembourg, Spain and Italy. The two best teams qualified for the final. Norway crossed the finish line as the third season behind the USA and Italy. First the Italian relay was disqualified, but the Norwegians were also taken out of the ranking.

Businessman and art collector

The Stenersenmuseet in Oslo
The Villa Stenersen

From 1922 to 1924 Rolf Stenersen studied at Queen's College at the University of Oxford . In the year of graduation, he married Inger Johanne Martinsen. In 1925 he founded his own company, A / S Stenersen og Waage, and was active both in the Dutch stock market and in the rubber business.

Stenersen was on friendly terms with the painter and graphic artist Edvard Munch . He supported the artist financially and collected his works. Over time, Stenersen became the owner of one of the largest private collections of Munch's works. In 1926 he organized an exhibition that focused on the work of Munch and Ludvig Karsten.

He donated his collection of Norwegian art to Aker Municipality in 1936. This collection was moved to the newly opened Stenersen Museum ( Stenersenmuseet ) in Oslo (Munkedamsveien 15, Oslo) in 1994 . Stenersen's collection of foreign artists was bequeathed to the city of Bergen in 1971. In 1978 the collection was made available to the public there.

In Oslo, Rolf Stenersen lived in a villa that was designed in 1935 by the architect Arne Korsmo in the functionalism style. The Villa Stenersen (Tuengen allé 10, Oslo) in the northwest of the city was bequeathed to the state of Norway. The villa was to serve as the prime minister's residence. In fact, Odvar Nordli used the villa, which was later used for cultural purposes.

author

Rolf Stenersen worked as an essayist with works on Edvard Munch, Erik Johannessen, Jakob Weidemann and Paul Klee . Nonfiction books followed on the subject of economics. In 1931 he published his first collection of short stories. In 1941, after the occupation of Norway by German troops, his books were banned by the Nazi regime. Stenersen had to flee to Sweden . Here he wrote a biography about Edvard Munch. It has been translated into several languages ​​and has become his greatest success as a writer. He published other works under the pseudonym Stein Orre. After returning to Norway he also worked as a playwright. His play Eva og Johannes was premiered in 1953 at the Oslo National Theater under the direction of Agnes Mowinckel.

Honors

  • 1953: Order of Saint Olav as a knight, 1st class
  • 1974: Commander.
  • 1977: St. Hallvardsmedaljen of the City of Oslo.
  • In the north of Oslo, near the Ullevaal Stadium , a residential street was renamed to Rolf E. Stenersens allé .

Publications

  • Godnatt da you (1931)
  • Stakkars Napoleon (1934)
  • Penger og tall (1937)
  • Aksen taper (1942 under the pseudonym Stein Orre)
  • Edvard Munch. Nærbilde av et geni (1945)
  • Det likner kjærlighet. Nitten / førr (1947)
  • Aksjer and tid-rytmer (1950)
  • Eva and Johannes. Pisks. Skuespill i tre akter (1953)
  • Sånn he vi også. Nye og gamle novelletter (1963)
  • Aksjer, art, kunstnere (1969)
  • Synet (1973)
  • Jakten etter det vacre. Om kunst, kunstnere og underlige hendinger (1976)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography in the Norsk Biografisk Leksikon by Øystein Ustvedt (norw.)
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personal data
SURNAME Stenersen, Rolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stenersen, Rolf Kristian Eckersberg (full name); Stein Orre (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian athlete, author, art collector
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1978
Place of death Mountains