Liv Dommersnes

Liv Dommersnes (née Strømsted; 28 September 1922 – 6 April 2014) was a Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry. She was a member of group that founded Studioteatret in 1945.

Personal life Liv Strømsted was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of storekeeper Jørgen Andreas Strømsted (1891–1942) and Signe Beatrice Hansen (1893–1984). She was married to actor Jens Bolling (1915–1992) from 1945 to 1952, and to physician Ivar Dommersnes (1913–1994) from 1968 until his death in 1994. She was also in a secret relationship with Johan Borgen, as chronicled in her 2001 memoirs Alt har sin tid. She was employed at the National Theatre from 1941–45, and again from 1949. She played for Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949. Among her roles were "Emily" in an adaption of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town, "Polly" in Weill and Brecht's The Beggar's Opera, and "Natasja" in Anton Chekhov's A Marriage Proposal.

Honours She received several prizes, including Oslo City's Artist's award in 1985, the Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award in 1999, and the honorary prize of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's Radioteatret in 2001. In 2000 she was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav. In 2000, she was also awarded the Anders Jahres Cultural Prize (Anders Jahres kulturpris).

Death She died on 6 April 2014, aged 91.