Christiania Theatre
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Christiania Theatre, or Kristiania Theatre, was Norway's finest stage for spoken drama from 4 October 1836 to 1 September 1899. It was located at Bankplassen by the Akershus Fortress, in central Chris
Christiania Theatre in the 19th century, gouache by architect Christian H. Grosch.
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished
Christiania Theatre
…premiered here in 1876 as well as a large number of important Norwegian productions, including several by Norway's other national bard at the time, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. During the continued run of Peer Gynt, a fire started on the performing night of 15 January 1877, heavily damaging the theatre; luckily, this was later…
Bjørnson in 1909
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson at Aulestad
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1908
Illustration from Vikingen of a telegram exchange between Michelsen and Bjørnson.