Erna Schøyen

Erna Kamilla Schøyen (born Erna Kamille Berg, March 1, 1887 – December 21, 1968) was a Norwegian actress.

Career Schøyen trained as an actress at the National Theatre from 1905 to 1906, and she had her debut at the Fahlstrøm Theater in 1906. She remained there until she relocated to the Central Theater in 1911, where she worked until 1959. Schøyen was also engaged with Chat Noir from 1920 to 1924. She was a master of the Northern Norwegian dialect and played the grandmother of Bodø (nicknamed after a town in northern Norway) in one of the Stompa films, based on the Jennings novels. Schøyen continued working until she was almost 80 years old.

Family Schøyen was born Erna Kamille Berg in Kabelvåg to the bookseller Ørger Johannes Berg (1860–?) and Kamilla Hamine Benjaminsen (1865–1938). She married the entomologist Thor Hiorth Schøyen (1885–1961) on June 19, 1910. Their daughter was the actress Vivi Schøyen (1918–2014), who was the mother of the journalist Hege Duckert (born 1962).

Filmography

1916: Under kjærlighedens aak 1917: Synd skal sones 1917: Livets gøglespil 1917: Hjertetyven 1936: Vi vil oss et land... 1940: Tørres Snørtevold 1941: Hansen og Hansen 1943: Sangen til livet 1943: Den nye lægen 1944: Kommer du, Elsa? 1946: Om kjærligheten synger de 1946: To liv 1948: Trollfossen 1949: Svendsen går videre 1951: Vi gifter oss 1952: Trine! 1956: Kvinnens plass 1959: Hete septemberdager 1960: Venner 1961: Den store barnedåpen (TV) 1961: Et øye på hver finger 1962: Stompa & Co 1963: Kranes konditori (TV) 1964: Alle tiders kupp 1964: Klokker i måneskinn 1965: Hjelp – vi får leilighet!