Gustav Berg-Jæger
Gustav Berg-Jæger | |
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Born | 31 December 1884 |
Died | 1957 (aged 72–73) |
Occupation(s) | journalist, actor, cultural director |
Carl Gustav Berg-Jæger (31 December 1884 – 1957) was a Norwegian journalist, actor, cultural director and Nazi collaborator. He is best known as director of
Early life and career
He was born in Kristiania as a son of Hans Henrik Berg-Jæger (1855–1925) and Thora Bull (1855–1906). He worked as a journalist and theatre critic for Morgenbladet from 1905, and as an actor at Fahlströms Teater from 1908. From 1911 to 1922 he worked in the movie theatre Bio-Kino, which was founded by his father. He edited the monthly magazine Film og Kino from 1916 to 1919 and later Filmen og vi. From 1922 he led an impresario company named Musik-Centralen, and in 1925 he was employed a few months at the first Norwegian broadcasting company, Kringkastingselskapet. He also edited a magazine named Hallo-Hallo!; this was Norway's first magazine devoted to broadcast programming. After resigning in protest from Kringkastingselskapet he worked as an actor as well as in the Norwegian branches of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures.[1]
War and post-war career
He was appointed as managing director of
After the end of the German occupation on
Filmography
- Brudeferden i Hardanger, 1926
References
- ^ a b c Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1999). "Gustav Berg-Jæger". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- IMDb
External links
- Gustav Berg-Jæger at IMDb