# Ellen Horn

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Norwegian actress and politician

Ellen Horn Minister of Culture In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001 Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Preceded by Åslaug Haga Succeeded by Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Personal details Born Ellen Stoesen (1951-02-01) 1 February 1951 (age 75) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Spouse Jon Christensen Children Kjersti Horn Emilie Stoesen Christensen Occupation Actor, Minister and Theater director

**Ellen Horn** (born **Ellen Stoesen**, 1 February 1951) is a Norwegian actress, theatre director, and politician for the [Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party).[1]

## Career

Horn started as a puppet actor at [Oslo Nye Teater](/source/Oslo_Nye_Teater) (1969–70), and was educated at the [Teaterhøyskolen](/source/Teaterh%C3%B8yskolen) (1972–75), and since the late 1980s has been one of the most central and prominent figures in Norwegian theater. As an actress, she has distinguished herself by her versatility; as director at the [Nationaltheatret](/source/Nationaltheatret) (1992–2000), she managed to turn a money-losing company with a highly turbulent business culture into a thriving theater both financially and artistically.[1] Horn has been an associate of [Norsk Rikskringkasting](/source/Norsk_Rikskringkasting) and Nationaltheatret, and is currently director of [Riksteatret](/source/Riksteatret).[2]

Horn further developed and consolidated the [Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen) Festival, and led the Nationaltheatret through its 100th anniversary in 1999. On that occasion, she was appointed Commander of the [Order of St. Olav](/source/Order_of_St._Olav). During [Stoltenberg's First Cabinet](/source/Stoltenberg's_First_Cabinet) she was [Minister of Culture](/source/Minister_of_Culture_and_Church_Affairs_(Norway)) (2000–2001).[1]

After leaving the cabinet, Horn returned to the [Nationaltheatret](/source/Nationaltheatret) as an actor, and in recent years she has toured with the theater productions *Undset* and *Jeg kunne gråte blod* (about [Marie](/source/Marie_Hamsun) and [Knut Hamsun](/source/Knut_Hamsun)). Both as theater director and as minister, she was met by doubts and questions whether she was qualified enough to undertake such large tasks, but she put most of the skepticism to shame with her hard and focused work and her pragmatic attitude, and by growing with the new roles.[1]

## Private life

Horn was married (1988) to the Norwegian Jazz drummer [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)) (1943–2020),[1] and she has two children: theater director [Kjersti Horn](/source/Kjersti_Horn) (b. 1977, from her marriage (1973–81) to scenographer Per Kristian Horn, b. 1941), and singer and actress [Emilie Stoesen Christensen](/source/Emilie_Stoesen_Christensen) (b. 1986) from her current marriage.[3]

## Honors

- Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1999[1]

## Selected acting roles

### Theater

- [Sigrid Undset](/source/Sigrid_Undset) in *Undset* (Trøndelag Teater 2005)[4]

### Film

- 1976: *[Oss](/source/Oss_(film))* as Vera

- 1985: *Adjø solidaritet (Farewell Illusions)* as Margrete[5]

## References

- [Norway portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Norway)
- [Art portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Art)

- Rossiné, Hans. ["Ellen Horn"](http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ellen_Horn/utdypning). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)* (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

**Notes**

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nbl_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nbl_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nbl_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-nbl_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-nbl_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-nbl_1-5) Rossiné ["Ellen Horn Biography – Norsk biografisk leksikon"](http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ellen_Horn/utdypning). 29 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ellen Horn teatersjef for Riksteatret for en ny åremålsperiode – Kulturdepartementet Regjeringen.no"](http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kud/pressesenter/pressemeldinger/2009/ellen-horn-teatersjef-for-riksteatret-fo.html?id=548348). 6 March 2009. (in Norwegian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Say and Play - ECM Jon Balke Batagraf ECMrecords.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130922204912/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Background/ECM/2200/2245.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecmrecords.com/Background/ECM/2200/2245.php) on 2013-09-22. [ECM Records](/source/ECM_Records)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Trøndelag Teater Official Website"](http://www.trondelag-teater.no). (in Norwegian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Adjø solidaritet – Filmweb.no"](http://www.filmweb.no/film/article864838.ece). (in Norwegian)

## External links

- [Ellen Horn Biography – SNL.no](http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ellen_Horn/) [Store Norske Leksikon](/source/Store_Norske_Leksikon) (in Norwegian)

- [Ellen Horn](http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=EH) at [Stortinget](/source/Stortinget) (in Norwegian)

Cultural offices Preceded by Kjetil Bang-Hansen Director of the National Theatre (with Ole-Jørgen Nilsen and Sverre Rødahl) 1988–1990 Succeeded by Stein Winge Preceded by Stein Winge Director of the National Theatre 1992–2000 Succeeded by Eirik Stubø Preceded by Bente Erichsen Director of the Riksteatret 2005–present Incumbent Political offices Preceded by Åslaug Haga Norwegian Minister of Culture 2000–2001 Succeeded by Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

v t e Ministers of culture and equality of Norway Langslet (1981–86) Bakke (1986–89) Bjartveit (1989–90) Kleveland (1990–92) Birkeland (1996–97) Lahnstein (1997–99) Haga (1999–2000) Horn (2000–01) Haugland (2001–05) Giske (2005–09) Huitfeldt (2009–12) Tajik (2012–13) Widvey (2013–15) Helleland (2015–18) Grande (2018–20) Raja (2020–21) Trettebergstuen (2021–23) Jaffery (2023–)

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