Elsa Lystad

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Elsa Lystad
Lystad in 2011
Born(1930-07-09)9 July 1930
Oslo, Norway
Died26 December 2023(2023-12-26) (aged 93)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationActress
AwardsLeonard Statuette (1983)
King's Medal of Merit (2007)
Amanda Honorary Award (2014)
Gullruten (2014)

Elsa Lystad (9 July 1930 – 26 December 2023) was a Norwegian film and stage actress. She was a recipient of the Leonard Statuette, the King's Medal of Merit, the Amanda Honorary Award, and Gullruten.

Career

Lystad made her stage debut in 1956, and her breakthrough as actress came in the mid-1960s. She has since been a central actress in Norwegian film, theatre, television and radio.[1][2]

Lystad was assigned to

Nationaltheatret, Riksteatret, Chat Noir, ABC-teatret and Hålogaland Teater, as well as revue assignments.[2]

Her breakthrough came in 1965 at the revue theatre Lysthuset in Oslo, where she played in collaboration with Rolv Wesenlund and Harald Heide-Steen Jr. She was subsequently engaged with Einar Schanke at Chat Noir, and played with Wesenlund in the film Hurra for Andersens! (1966).[1]

Lystad was awarded the Leonard Statuette in 1983.[3] In 2007 she received the King's Medal of Merit in gold.[2] She received the Amanda Honorary Award for 2014.[4] In 2014 she also won the Gullruten award for best actress, for her role in Etter karnevalet.[2]

Personal life and death

Born in

Roman Catholicism.[5]

Lystad died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 93.[6]

Selected filmography

Selected works

  • Hva er det med meg (autobiography, 1986)

References

  1. ^ a b c Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Elsa Lystad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  2. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  3. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ Beer, Drude (15 January 1994). "Lille speil...". Nationen (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  6. ^ Elster, Kristian; Revheim-Rafaelsen, Mathias; Rønneberg, Olav; Eriksen, Daniel; Bjurstrøm, Atle (27 December 2023). "Elsa Lystad er død". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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