{{short description|Norwegian actor and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Lasse Kolstad | image = Lasse Kolstad (11096945325).jpg | image_size = | caption = Kolstad in 1980 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1922|1|10}} | birth_place = Kristiania, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2012|1|14|1922|1|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.7954048 |title=Lasse Kolstad er død – Nyheter – NRK Nyheter |date=14 January 2012 |publisher=NRK |accessdate=14 January 2012}}</ref> | death_place = Oslo, Norway | other_names = | years_active = 1943–2003 | spouse = Randi Kolstad (1946–1955)<br/>Bab Christensen (1957–2012) | website = | awards = }}
'''Lars "Lasse" Kolstad''' (10 January 1922 – 14 January 2012) was a Norwegian actor and singer. Active from the 1940s, he was known from many stage roles, but primarily as "Tevye" in ''Fiddler on the Roof''.
As a secondary school student, Kolstad was president of the graduating class (''russ'') council of his school, and eventually for all of Oslo. As this was in 1940, the German occupation of Norway put a damper on any great festivities that year.<ref name=E24/> In 1943 he had his début at Trøndelag Teater, where he remained until 1949. He has later worked at Centralteatret, Edderkoppen, Riksteatret, Fjernsynsteatret og Det Norske Teatret.<ref name=Orre/> He has had roles in plays by Ibsen, Shakespeare and Sophocles, and musicals such as ''Zorba'' and ''The Threepenny Opera''.<ref name="Østby"/> His best-known character though, was "Tevye" in ''Fiddler on the Roof'', a role Kolstad played 400 times.<ref name=Kristensen/>
Kolstad also had various roles in movies and on television, and still took on occasional roles after his retirement. In 1958 he took part in the documentary ''Windjammer'' about the full-rigged ship Christian Radich. He played the title role in the television series ''Skipper Worse'' (1968), based on the novel by Alexander Kielland, and was a Viking in the American movie ''The Island at the Top of the World'' (1974).<ref name=IMDb/>
Kolstad was married to the actress Bab Christensen; they lived in Oslo and had one child.<ref name="Østby"/> His older brother Henki, who died in 2008, was also a well-known actor. His other older brother, Knut, was a politician.
==Select filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- " ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1951 || ''Dei svarte hestane'' || Peasant boy || |- | 1953 || ''Skøytekongen'' || Hans Hellemo || |- | 1958 || ''Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich'' || Himself || |- | 1961 || ''Hans Nielsen Hauge'' || Constable Ole Nielsen || |- | 1961 || ''Bussen'' || Lars || |- | 1968 || ''Skipper Worse'' || Skipper Worse || TV |- | 1973 || ''Kanarifuglen'' || Chief of personnel || |- | 1974 || ''Bortreist på ubestemt tid'' || Martin || |- | 1974 || ''Bortreist på ubestemt tid'' || Martin || |- | 1974 || ''The Island at the Top of the World'' || Erik || |- | 1975 || ''Fru Inger til Østråt'' || Olav Skaktavl || |- | 1979 || ''Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry mot nye høyder'' || Roy || |- | 1981 || ''Fleksnes fataliteter'' || Chief of police || TV, 1 episode |- | 1992 || ''Bat Wings'' || Per || [Den nye kapellanen] |- | 1994 || ''The Julekalender'' || Narrator || |- | 1996 || ''Sånt är livet'' || Norwegian priest || |- | 2003 || ''Olsenbanden Jr. går under vann'' || Rudolf Bollerud || |- | 2007 || ''Kodenavn Hunter'' || Vice patrol || TV, 1 episode, (Last appearance) |}
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<ref name=Kristensen>{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001070034369|title=Fortsatt en spellemann|last=Kristensen|first=Eivind|date=15 January 2007|work=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 October 2009}}</ref> <ref name=E24>{{cite news|url=http://e24.no/oppogfrem/susogdus/article2417951.ece?start=4|title=Fra russepresident til samfunnstopp|publisher=E24|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 October 2009}}</ref> <ref name=Orre>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article1554881.ece|title=Dyp stemme, gedigen rolle|last=Orre|first=Annette|date=3 December 2006|publisher=Aftenposten|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 October 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604151814/http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article1554881.ece|archivedate=4 June 2011}}</ref> <ref name="Østby">{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001980042193|title=Lasse Kolstad|last=Østby|first=Hilde|date=6 August 1998|work=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 October 2009}}</ref> <ref name=IMDb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0464396/|title=Lasse Kolstad|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=9 October 2009}}</ref>
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