{{Short description|Norwegian actor (1906–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates |date=August 2023}}{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Hans Stormoen''' (29 May 1906{{spaced ndash}}4 April 1979) was a Norwegian actor.
==Family== Stormoen was born in Bergen, the son of the farmers Marius Stormoen and Synnøve Henriksen. He was the half-brother of the actor Harald Stormoen and the uncle of the actor Kjell Stormoen. He was first married to the actress Regina "Vesla" Stenersen, and then to the actress Lill Egede-Nissen from 1943 to 1950.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Hans Stormoen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Hans-Christian |last=Arent |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Stormoen/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 July 2014}}</ref> He was the father of the musician and philologist Hans Marius Stormoen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patey |first1=Bent |title=Hans Marius Stormoen (1943–2006) snakker ut |url=https://www.puls.no/17899.html |access-date=September 10, 2021 |work=Puls |date=May 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Marius Stormoen |url=https://filmfront.no/aktor/63429/hans-marius-stormoen |website=Filmfront |access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Stormoen made his stage debut at the National Theater in Bergen in 1934, and his breakthrough came in 1935, as Vingrisen in Nordahl Grieg's play ''Vår ære og vår makt''. He performed at the National Theater until it was damaged in a bombing raid in June 1940. Later in World War II he joined the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile in the United Kingdom. From 1945 to 1948 he played for the Trøndelag Theater. From 1949 onward he toured with the National Traveling Theater, eventually also as a stage director for many years. He also appeared in several Norwegian films.<ref name=nbl/><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hans Stormoen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Hans_Stormoen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=13 July 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0832642}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stormoen, Hans}} Category:1906 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Male actors from Bergen Category:Norwegian male stage actors Category:Norwegian male film actors Category:Norwegian resistance members Category:Norwegian Army personnel of World War II Category:20th-century Norwegian male actors
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