Astrid Sommer
Astrid Sommer was a Norwegian actress who worked at the Det Norske Teatret for more than fifty years.
Personal life
Astrid Christiansen was born in Kristiania on 21 May 1906, to Carl Christiansen and Agnes Mathilde Rosendahl. She was the younger sister of actress Johanne Bruhn, one of the leading actresses at the Det Norske Teatret. On 16 November 1934, she married actor Alf Marius Sommer in Oslo.Career
Sommer's acting career began in 1918 when she played an extra on stage at the age of 12. In 1922, she began working as an apprentice at the Det Norske Teatret. Her breakthrough role was the character "Krestna" in Oskar Braaten's play Ungen in 1929. Among her other characters were "Kvitugla" in Olav Duun's Medmenneske, Maren Dokter in Arne Garborg's Læraren, and Smikkstugun in Alf Prøysens Trost i taklampa. She also played Bernarda in The [House of Bernarda Alba], Mother Aase in Peer Gynt and appeared in Mother Courage.Her films include Ungen, Godvakker-Maren, Trysil-Knut, Trost i taklampa and Hans Nielsen Hauge.
Sommer also acted in radio plays, including the role as the daughter Lotte in Lørdagsnatt by Vilhelm Moberg in 1975. She was also a popular reader of children's literature and poetry on radio.
Later life and death
Sommer received several scholarships, including the Hulda Garborg's scholarship, Houen's scholarship, Oslo City's scholarship, the state's artist scholarship, a scholarship from the Friends of the Norwegian Theatre. In 1983, she received the culture prize from the city of Oslo.She died in Oslo on 9 April 1990, at the age of 83.