# Carl Struve

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{{Short description|Norwegian actor and singer (1887–1974)}}
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| name          = Carl Struve
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1887|04|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [Halden](/source/Halden), Norway
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1974|11|26|1887|04|12|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway
| resting_place = [Cemetery of Our Saviour](/source/Cemetery_of_Our_Saviour)
| occupation    = Actor
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'''Carl Struve''' (April 12, 1887 – November 26, 1974) was a Norwegian actor and singer. He studied singing with Wilhelm Kloed and made his debut at the [National Theater](/source/National_Theatre_(Oslo)) in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) in 1908. Struve was engaged with the theater until 1919, when he also made his US debut.<ref>{{cite news |title=Talks Modernism and Native Land. Carl Struve Discusses Music in Norway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107080636/carl-struve-1887-1974/ |work=The Journal and Tribune |date=December 7, 1919 |location=Knoxville, TN |page=22 |accessdate=August 6, 2022 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Open access}}</ref> He also performed at a number of theaters in Stockholm, Finland, and the UK from 1921 to 1928. From 1935 to 1959, he worked as an actor at the [Central Theater](/source/Centralteatret).<ref name="NBL">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Vanberg |first1=Vidar |title=Carl Struve |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |year=2022 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Carl_Struve |language=Norwegian |accessdate=August 6, 2022}}</ref>

As a singer, Struve mastered a demanding repertoire, and he was praised for his role as Canio in ''[Pagliacci](/source/Pagliacci)''.<ref name="NBL"/>

== Lead roles in operas ==
* ''[Carmen](/source/Carmen)'' as Don José
* ''[Mignon](/source/Mignon)'' as [Wilhelm Meister](/source/Wilhelm_Meister)
* ''[Madama Butterfly](/source/Madama_Butterfly)'' as B. F. Pinkerton
* ''[The Tales of Hoffmann](/source/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann)'' as Hoffmann

== Roles as a stage actor ==
* ''[Pygmalion](/source/Pygmalion_(play))'' as Alfred Doolittle
* ''[Rosmersholm](/source/Rosmersholm)'' as Ulrik Brendel

== Filmography ==
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* 1936: ''Morderen uten ansikt'' as Berge, a country merchant
* 1940: ''[Tørres Snørtevold](/source/T%C3%B8rres_Sn%C3%B8rtevold)'' as a lawyer
* 1941: ''[Hansen og Hansen](/source/Hansen_og_Hansen)'' as Blunke
* 1943: ''[Den nye lægen](/source/Den_nye_l%C3%A6gen)'' as Øyvind, Ulrich's younger brother 
* 1944: ''[En herre med bart](/source/En_herre_med_bart)'' as Byberg, a mason
* 1946: ''[To liv](/source/To_liv)'' as Gustafsen
* 1948: ''Det var en gang'' as the wanderer
* 1948: ''[Trollfossen](/source/Trollfossen)'' as Melsom, a board member
* 1950: ''[Min kone er uskyldig](/source/Min_kone_er_uskyldig)'' as the guest at hotel in Norway
* 1951: ''[Kranes konditori](/source/Kranes_konditori)'' as Buck, a lawyer
* 1954: ''[I moralens navn](/source/I_moralens_navn)'' as Balthazar Krahn-Johnsen
* 1961: ''Den store barnedåpen'' (television theater) as the priest
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0835385|name=Carl Struve}}
* [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=141576 Carl Struve] at the [Swedish Film Database](/source/Swedish_Film_Database)
* [https://filmfront.no/aktor/50984/carl-struve Carl Struve] at [Filmfront](/source/Filmfront)
* [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19730 Carl Struve] at Sceneweb

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Category:People from Halden
Category:Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour

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