{{Short description|Norwegian actor}} {{Infobox person | image = Karl Holter.jpeg | caption = | name = Karl Holter | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|06|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = Kristiania | death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|06|07|1885|06|30|mf=y}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | resting_place= Vestre Gravlund<ref>{{cite news |title=Bisettelser og begravelser |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/675d86b7ff55f9a22892ee1c0d4861c2?index=2#14 |access-date=March 19, 2021 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=134 |date=June 14, 1963 |page=15}}</ref> | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = | spouse = {{plainlist| * Betzy Holter, * Gudrun Augusta Larsen }} | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = }}
'''Karl Holter''' (June 30, 1885 – June 7, 1963)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dale |first1=Johannes Andreasson |title=Nynorsk dramatikk i hundre år |date=1964 |publisher=Norske Samlaget |location=Oslo |page=145}}</ref> was a Norwegian actor, writer, and Waffen-SS member.<ref name="Memoriam">{{cite news |title=Karl Holter in memoriam |url=http://sno.no/files/documents/1963_18.pdf |access-date=March 19, 2021 |work=Folk og land |issue=18 |date=June 15, 1963 |pages=3, 7}}</ref>
Holter was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.<ref name="Memoriam"/> He debuted in 1912 at the Central Theater and after that was mainly engaged with the Norwegian Theater until 1935.<ref name="Memoriam"/> He was also a journalist for the newspaper ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' from 1917 to 1920.<ref name="Memoriam"/>
==Literary activity== In 1936, at age 51, Holter won the Norwegian part of an international novel competition with the story ''Skinnbrevet'' (The Parchment Letter).<ref>{{cite news |title=Bøker. Den store romankonkurranse |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/8ac8f48a199bc33af9c4cf09d66ece71?index=7#2 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |work=Hadeland |issue=136 |date=November 12, 1936 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Av årets bedre bøker |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/911daecc06ecb0d1fdb19065b317e5c4?index=9#4 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |work=Halden Arbeiderblad |issue=299 |date=December 22, 1936 |page=6}}</ref> This was also his debut as a writer.
In 1941, Holter became a member of Nasjonal Samling. The same year, he directed Henrik Ibsen's ''Ghosts'' for NRK's Radio Theater. In 1942 he volunteered for active front duty. After a short period of officer training, at age 57 Holter was sent to the Leningrad Front from October 1942 to March 1943 as a war correspondent.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Gustav Berg-Jæger |title=Nasjonalsosialister i norsk diktning: 1. samling: foredrag holdt i Norsk Rikskringkasting vinteren 1942–1943 |date=1943 |publisher=NRK i kommisjon hos J. M. Stenersen forlag |location=Oslo |page=42 |chapter=Ivar Sæter – Karl Holter}}</ref>
Holter was considered a prominent author in Nasjonal Samling circles, and he became one of Gyldendal's most published authors while the publisher was led by Tore Hamsun.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dahl |first1=Hans Fredrik |title=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45 |date=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |page=182}}</ref>
After the war, Holter was convicted of treason and sentenced to three years and three months of forced labor and limited loss of rights.<ref>{{cite news |title=Karl Holter fikk 3 år og 3 måneder |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/ff6b91ae90314f618afe874b44a26115?index=16#8 |access-date=March 22, 2021 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=55 |date=March 6, 1946 |page=10}}</ref> After serving his sentence, Holter did not return as an actor, but he continued to write and published five books. Among these was ''Frontkjempere'' (Front-Line Soldiers, 1951), a description of experiences at the Leningrad Front.
== Death == Holter died on June 7, 1963 at age 78 in Oslo, Norway.
==Bibliography== * 1936: ''Skinnbrevet'' * 1940: ''Kleivdøler'' * 1944: ''I veideskog: Jaktminner'' * 1948: ''Bliss'' * 1951: ''Frontkjempere'' * 1953: ''Terkel'' * 1956: ''Gode makter''
==Filmography== * 1926: ''Baldevins bryllup'' as a butcher * 1939: ''Mot nya tider'' as Henrik Thygesen * 1939: ''Valfångare'' as the captain of ''Kosmos II'' * 1940: ''Bastard'' as Iwan, a farmer * 1941: ''Gullfjellet'' as Hans Benningstad * 1942: ''Trysil-Knut'' as Ole Kynsberg
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holter, Karl}} Category:1885 births Category:1963 deaths Category:Norwegian novelists Category:Norwegian male stage actors Category:Norwegian male film actors Category:Norwegian male silent film actors Category:20th-century Norwegian male actors Category:Norwegian Waffen-SS personnel Category:Members of Nasjonal Samling Category:Male actors from Oslo Category:People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway