{{short description|Norwegian stage actor}} {{Use dmy dates | date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = August Oddvar | image = August Oddvar (1933).jpg | caption = August Oddvar in 1933<br>Photo by Ernest Rude | birth_date = {{birth date |1877|8|1|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age |1964|3|17|1877|8|1|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | known_for = | height = | children = | awards = {{plainlist| *Order of St. Olav *Order of the Falcon }} }} [[File:Oddvar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oddvar August<br>Drawing by Andreas Bloch]] '''August Martinius Oddvar''' (1 August 1877 – 17 March 1964) was a Norwegian stage actor. He made his stage debut at the National Theatre in 1899, and played there all his career, which spanned sixty years.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=August Oddvar |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/August_Oddvar |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 October 2009 }}</ref>
He was appointed Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1939, and Commander in 1956. He was Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=August Oddvar |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Trine |last=Næss |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/August_Oddvar/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 October 2009}}</ref>
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