Toralv Maurstad is laid to rest – news Culture and entertainment

We update the matter continuously. Follow the broadcast live on NRK1, online or radio from 11:50. The King participates King Harald will participate in the funeral, and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister for Culture and Equality Anette Trettebergstuen represent the government. The Prime Minister will give a memorial speech. So will Erik Ulfsby, theater manager at Det Norske Teatret. Closest family and friends will also contribute to the ceremony. Maurstad is honored at the state’s expense when he is laid to rest today. The actor Toralv Maurstad is being laid to rest today. A lifelong career Maurstad has been a fixture in Norwegian theater and film for a lifetime, and has played everything from Ibsen to “Hotel Cæsar”. He is particularly remembered for his interpretations of Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt”, and has played the title role a number of times. The first time was at the Nationaltheater in 1955, and the last time in 2018 when the 92-year-old Maurstad played the role of the old Peer in Det Norske Teatret’s performance. Toralv Maurstad as Peer Gynt at the Nationaltheatret in 1955. Photo: Jan Stage / SCANPIX He has also distinguished himself as a director of several theater productions, and was theater manager at Oslo Nye Teater between 1967-1978, and at the Nationaltheatret from 1978. Maurstad will also be remembered as the voice of Ludvig in Ivo Caprino’s “Flåklypa Grand Prix” from 1975, and the sequel “Solan. Ludvig and Gurin med reverumpa” in 1998. In 1998, Toralv Maurstad surprised many in the role of hotel director Georg Anker-Hansen in the TV series “Hotel Cæsar” on TV 2. Honored in many places Toralv Maurstad received a number of awards for his efforts, both on the stage and in film and television. Among them, he received the honorary Amanda in 1999, and he and Espen Skjønberg received the Hedda Prize’s honorary prize in 2005 for their work in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. In 2014, he received Oslo City’s cultural award. In 2007, Toralv Maurstad was appointed commander of the Order of St. Olav. He was also an honorary member of the Norwegian Actors’ Association. Actor Toralv Maurstad in 2007 when he was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for services to Norwegian performing arts. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB



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