{{Short description|Norwegian actor}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Magnus Falkberget | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|10|10}} | birth_place = Røros Municipality, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|12|04|1900|10|10}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = | spouse = Didi Holtermann | children = | mother = | father = Johan Falkberget | relatives = Aasta Falkberget }}
'''Magnus Falkberget''' (October 10, 1900 – December 4, 1957)<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnus Falkberget |url=http://www.filmfront.no/aktor/63066/magnus-falkberget |website=Filmfront |accessdate=June 24, 2019}}</ref> was a Norwegian actor. He was the founder and artistic director of the Falkberget Theater ({{langx|no|Falkbergets teater}}) from 1929 to 1957.<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Falkbergets Teater |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://snl.no/Falkbergets_Teater |language=Norwegian|accessdate=June 24, 2019}}</ref>
Falkberget debuted as an actor in 1920, and he worked at the Drabløs Theater, among other venues.<ref name="snl"/> In the same year, he played his first and only film role as a neighbor boy in ''Fante-Anne''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fante-Anne |url=https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791543 |website=Norsk filmografi |publisher=Nasjonalbiblioteket |accessdate=June 25, 2019}}</ref>
Magnus Falkberget established the Falkberget Theater in 1929 and was its director until its last tour in 1957. The theater received no government support and was known for its popular repertoire. The Falkberget Theater had its greatest success staging ''Bør Børson'' with Toralf Sandø in the title role. With its nationwide tours, the theater was a predecessor to the National Traveling Theater (''Riksteatret'').<ref name="snl"/>
Falkberget was the son of the author Johan Falkberget<ref name="snl"/> and was married to the actress Didi Holtermann.<ref name="Filmfront">{{cite web |title=Didi Holtermann (Dagny Borghild Ivarson) |url=http://www.filmfront.no/aktor/63083/didi-holtermann |website=Filmfront |accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kvikne |first1=Olav |title=Bergstaden |date=1949 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |page=116}}</ref> He was the brother of the writer and painter Aasta Falkberget.
==Filmography== *1920: ''Fante-Anne''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Falkberget, Magnus}} Category:1900 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Norwegian male stage actors Category:Norwegian theatre directors Category:20th-century Norwegian male actors Category:People from Røros Municipality