Arild Feldborg

Arild Feldborg (18 April 1912 – 26 October 1987) was a Norwegian playwright, revue writer, script writer, humorist and broadcasting person.

Personal life Feldborg was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, as the son of wholesaler Henry Theobald Feldborg and Petra Normandine Schnitler Blehr, and grew up in Norway. He was married to headmaster and secretary Aase Refsdal from 1948. He died in Bærum in 1987.

Career Feldborg graduated as cand.oecon. in 1934. He wrote for revue theatres from the late 1920s, and his breakthrough came in 1934 with the song "Å" (co-written with Bias Bernhoft), in the Chat Noir revue Det hendte i går. Among his songs from the 1930s are "Norge, våkn opp!" from 1934 (, performed by Lalla Carlsen) and "Penere og penere" (, performed by Einar Rose in 1936, on Mussolini's attack on Ethiopia). His song "Bursda'n min" (, performed by Einar Rose acting as a short man with moustache), was stopped by the police after strong protests from the German Minister in Norway. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945 he took part in the resistance in various ways. While in exile in Sweden he wrote songs for the Norwegian police troops in Sweden.

He also collaborated with other songwriters such as Arild Haga, Otto Nielsen and Alfred Næss. Among his post-war songs are "Vigelandvise" (performed by Einar Rose), "Måten da ser De" (for Kari Diesen), and "Swingdilla" (for Leif Juster). Rolf Just Nilsen had his artistical breakthrough in 1958 with Feldborg's song "Operasangeren". He wrote the television opera Sjakk from 1980, and the musical Balder from 1984. He was awarded the Leonard Statuette in 1980.