Alf_Malland

Alf Malland

Alf Malland

Norwegian actor


Alf Malland (24 January 1917 16 August 1997) was a Norwegian actor.[1]

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Biography

He was born in Bergen, Norway. He began his acting career as a student at the Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. Following the German occupation of Norway during World War II, he quit as a theater student and participated in the resistance. Malland first went to Sweden and in 1942 he left for Great Britain where he trained as a paratrooper. He arrived at Finnmark in November 1944 as company commander with the Norwegian forces.[1]

In 1946, he was again at Det Norske Teatret and took up his theater studies. He was first employed there then freelanced. He appeared in 42 films and television shows between 1949 and 1987. He starred in the Academy award nominated 1957 film Nine Lives, and in Struggle for Eagle Peak, which was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Partial filmography


References

  1. "Alf Malland". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. "IMDB.com: Awards for Struggle for Eagle Peak". imdb.com. Retrieved 18 January 2010.

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