Haakon Hjelde


Haakon Forsell Hjelde was a Norwegian actor. He also worked as a director's assistant and production manager's assistant. As a young man, he traveled to Berlin and then to Paris, where he lived and starred in several French films. He died of tuberculosis at age 31.

Family

Hjelde was born in Eidsvoll, Norway, the son of the veterinarian Baard Arne Hjelde and Alma Forsell Jensen. He married the Swedish dancer Maina Claes in 1929.

Filmography