{{short description|Norwegian actor (1875-1952)}} {{Use dmy dates | date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person |name = David Knudsen |image = David Knudsen 1922.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|8|8|df=y}} |birth_place = Christiania, Norway |death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|7|3|1875|8|8|df=y}} |death_place = Oslo, Norway |occupation = Actor |awards = Order of St. Olav<br>King's Medal of Merit in gold }} thumb|Knudsen in 1927 '''David Knudsen''' (8 August 1875 &ndash; 3 July 1952) was a Norwegian actor. He made his stage debut on Den Nationale Scene in 1902, and played for the National Theatre from 1911 to 1940.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=David Knudsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/David_Knudsen |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 September 2009 }}</ref>

He made his film debut in 1925 in ''Himmeluret'', and later participated in several films, including ''Kampen om tungtvannet'' from 1948.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=David Knudsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svein Erik |last=Brodal |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/David_Knudsen/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 September 2009}}</ref>

He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1945.<ref name=nbl/> {{Commons category|David Knudsen}}

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