# Alf Hartmann

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**Alf Simon Fougner Hartmann** (September 25, 1915 – March 21, 2004) was a Norwegian journalist and screenwriter.

Hartmann was from [Hvalstad](/source/Hvalstad) near [Asker](/source/Asker), and he received his *[candidatus philologiæ](/source/Candidatus_philologi%C3%A6)* degree in 1941. Aside from working for *[Morgenbladet](/source/Morgenbladet)* from 1950 to 1952 in London and *[Dagbladet](/source/Dagbladet)* from 1952 to 1956 in Paris, Hartmann worked for *[Verdens Gang](/source/Verdens_Gang)* from 1945 onward, for which he wrote over ten thousand short articles signed *Scorpio*.[1][2]

He wrote revue texts from 1930 onward, including for [Arvid Nilssen](/source/Arvid_Nilssen), whom he himself discovered in a local revue in 1934.[3][4] Later he wrote for [Jens Book-Jenssen](/source/Jens_Book-Jenssen), [Lalla Carlsen](/source/Lalla_Carlsen), [Per Aabel](/source/Per_Aabel), and [Leif Juster](/source/Leif_Juster), artists at [Chat Noir](/source/Chat_Noir) (1946–50, 1955–) and the [Edderkoppen Theater](/source/Edderkoppen_Theatre). Hartmann wrote the script for *I offisielle kretser*, performed at the [New Theater](/source/Oslo_Nye_Teater) in 1954.[5]

## Family

Alf Hartmann was the son of the schoolmaster Johannes Marius Hartmann (1869–1946) and Astrid Magnus (1884–1967). His brother [Christian Hartmann](/source/Christian_Hartmann_(composer)) (1910–1985) was a composer.[6][7] In 1941, Hartmann married Berit Jensen (1919–2003).[8]

## References

1. Hartman, Alf (1964). *Nei-nå for tiden!*. Oslo: Aschehoug.

1. "Alf Hartmann er død". *Verdens Gang*. March 25, 2004. p. 53.

1. Nilsen, Karl (1986). "Oppsnappede revyminner fra Asker i 1930-årene". *Vest for Byen*. **6** (27): 312.

1. "Scorpio runder 75". *Verdens Gang*. September 22, 1990.

1. ["I offisielle kretser"](https://sceneweb.no/nb/production/22782/I_offisielle_kretser-1953-11-4). *Sceneweb*. Nasjonalt Scenekunstarkiv. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

1. Klouman, Carsten. ["Christian Hartmann"](http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_Hartmann/utdypning) (in Norwegian). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*. [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). ["Christian Hartmann"](http://snl.no/Christian_Hartmann) (in Norwegian). *[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)*. Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

1. *Studentene fra 1934: biografiske opplysninger, statistikk og artikler samlet til 25 års jubileet 1959*. Oslo: Bokkomiteen for studentene fra 1934. 1959.

## External links

- [Alf Hartmann](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7549475/) at IMDb
- [Alf Hartmann](https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/20484/Alf_Hartmann) at Sceneweb
- [Alf Hartmann](https://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Persons/Details/32489dcb-1b5f-4189-b01d-29776ee88072) at the [National Theater](/source/National_Theatre_(Oslo))

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