Stig Egede-Nissen

Stig Egede-Nissen (December 11, 1907 – October 4, 1988) was a Norwegian actor and naval officer.

Biography Egede-Nissen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Communist Party of Norway leader Adam Egede-Nissen and Goggi Egede-Nissen. He was the brother of the actors and actresses Aud Egede-Nissen, Gerd Grieg, Ada Kramm, Oscar Egede-Nissen, Lill Egede-Nissen, and Gøril Havrevold. In 1942 he fled the country via Sweden to England. He was in the Royal Navy and learned telegraphy before being stationed on HMS Wensleydale in 1944. As a lieutenant he picked up and decoded messages from the Germans. He took part in the Battle of Normandy in 1944, and he took part in Operation Polar Bear VI in 1945.

Egede-Nissen was again at Trøndelag Theater from 1945 to 1947. From 1947 to 1967 he was at The New Theater, often read for NRK radio, and had a season with the National Traveling Theater. He concluded his career with freelance acting at the Norwegian Theater, Trøndelag Theater, and National Theater from 1967 to 1976. Egede-Nissen was on the board and management committee of the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association.

In the 1950s, Egede-Nissen began to restore five of the 17th-century homes on Damstredet in Oslo; this work was continued by his thirty-year-younger wife Unni Gärtner Egede-Nissen (1937–2004).

Filmography 1944: The Return of the Vikings 1946: Om kjærligheten synger de 1948: Scott of the Antarctic 1951: Flukten fra Dakar 1954: Aldri annet enn bråk 1957: Toya & Heidi 1958: I slik en natt 1961: Fru Inger til Østråt, TV 1964: Marenco 1966: Broder Gabrielsen 1972: Fysiske fordeler, episode of Fleksnes Fataliteter, TV

Awards St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch for contribution to the war effort