{{Short description|Norwegian literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Olav Dalgard | image = OlavDalgard3.png | caption = Olav Dalgard before 1948. | birth_name = Olaf Hanssen | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|06|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Folldal Municipality, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|25|1898|06|19|mf=y}} | death_place = Bærum Municipality, Norway | alma_mater = University of Oslo | occupation = Literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator | political_party = Arbeiderpartiet | spouse = {{marriage|Anna Marie Sorteberg|1926}} | children = {{ill|Odd Steffen Dalgard|no}} | awards = {{plainlist| *Literary Collection Literature Prize (1979) *Arts Council Norway Honorary Award (1978) }} }} '''Olav Dalgard''' (June 19, 1898 – December 25, 1980) was a Norwegian literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lillian Bikset |title=Olav Dalgard |url=https://snl.no/Olav_Dalgard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019021245/https://snl.no/Olav_Dalgard |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |access-date=May 1, 2018 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}</ref>
==Biography== Dalgard was born Olaf Hanssen in Folldal Municipality, in Hedmark, Norway. From the age of three, he was raised in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag. He earned an M.A. degree in literature and art history at the University of Oslo in 1929. He was an advocate of the use of Nynorsk and served as the chairman of the student Nynorsk association. He was also involved in the Mot Dag movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kari Gaarder Losnedahl |title=Olav Dalgard |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Olav_Dalgard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219045831/https://nbl.snl.no/Olav_Dalgard |archive-date=December 19, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2018 |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mot Dag |url=https://www.leksikon.org/art.php?n=1784 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805125757/http://www.leksikon.org/art.php?n=1784 |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2018 |publisher=leksikon.org}}</ref>
Dalgard worked as a literary critic for the newspapers ''Dagbladet'' and ''Arbeiderbladet''. Dalgard took over as dramatic advisor and instructor for Det Norske Teateret in 1931 and was involved with the theater for 48 years.
He studied film in the Soviet Union and in the 1930s produced several films with a socialist message. Dalgard was also active in the Norwegian Labour Party's cultural operations. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Dalgard was arrested in 1942, held as a political prisoner by German authorities and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olav Dalgard |url=https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/d/olav-dalgard/87/5592/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143310/https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/d/olav-dalgard/87/5592/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |publisher=Allkunne}}</ref>
Dalgard was involved in the establishment of the Norwegian Film Institute and was a member of the state film board. Among his most famous works was ''Gryr i Norden'' (1939). Dalgard both wrote the script and directed the film which was a dramatization of the Kristiania Match Workers' Strike of 1889 ({{Lang|no|fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken}}). He also wrote a number of books about theater and film as well as biographies including {{Lang|no|Teateret frå Aiskylos til Ibsen}} (nonfiction, 1948), {{Lang|no|Filmskuespillet}} (nonfiction, 1951), {{Lang|no|Teateret i det 20. hundreåret}} (nonfiction, 1955), ''Lars Tvinde'' (biography of Lars Tvinde, 1966) and ''Inge Krokann'' (biography of Inge Krokann, 1970).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knut Dørum |title=fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken |url=https://snl.no/fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202172835/https://snl.no/fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}</ref>
Dalgard was chairman of the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association from 1953 to 1955, and president of the Norwegian Humanist Association from 1965 to 1977. From 1961, Dalgard received a government grant. He was a lecturer in theater history at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre ({{Lang|no|Statens teaterhøgskole}}) and at the Department of Theater Science at the University of Oslo.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken |last=Thingsaker |first=Bjørn |editor-last=Henriksen, Petter |language=Norwegian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003015855/http://snl.no/fyrstikkarbeiderstreiken |archive-date=October 3, 2012 |accessdate=March 8, 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 1926, he married Anna Marie Sorteberg (1897–1968). They resided at Voll in Akershus. Psychiatrist {{Interlanguage link|Odd Steffen Dalgard|no}} was their son.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steenfeldt-Foss |first=Otto |last2=Lavik |first2=Nils |last3=Kringlen |first3=Einar |date=2011-05-20 |title=Minneord |url=https://tidsskriftet.no/2011/05/oss-imellom/minneord-1 |journal=Tidsskrift for den Norske Legeforening |language=nb |volume=131 |issue=9–10 |doi=10.4045/tidsskr.11.0503 |issn=0029-2001 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
In 1978 he accepted the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award ({{Lang|no|Norsk Kulturråds ærespris}}) and in 1979 he received the Literary Collection Literature Prize ({{Lang|no|Språklig samlings litteraturpris}}).<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 1934 |title=Hvem bor hvor |work=Asker og Bærums Budstikke |page=2 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
Dalgard died in Bærum Municipality in 1980.
The award {{Lang|no|Dalgards kritikarpris}}, now known as ''{{Interlanguage link|Olav Dalgard og Henrik Rytters kritikarpris|no}}'', was awarded for the first time in 1981. It is given annually to a reviewer in literature, film, or theater by the Norwegian Critics' Association ({{Lang|no|Kritikerlaget}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olav Dalgards kritikarpris |url=http://kritikerlaget.no/teater-musikk-og-dans/priser/mottakere-av-olav-dalgards-kritikarpris |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416175036/https://kritikerlaget.no/teater-musikk-og-dans/priser/mottakere-av-olav-dalgards-kritikarpris |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=May 1, 2018 |publisher=Kritikerlaget}}</ref>
== Works ==
=== Books ===
* {{Lang|no|Frøydis Haavardsholm}} (1930) {{OCLC|462505436}} * {{Lang|no|Sosialt teater}} (1933) {{OCLC|1119375691}} * {{Lang|no|Vi bygger fabrikken}} (1934) {{OCLC|19534220}} * {{Lang|no|I kamp og fest - Nordisk arbeiderlyrikk i utvalg}} (1936) {{OCLC|478787151}} * {{Lang|no|Gjennom mørkret. Dikt frå fangelægret}} (1945) {{OCLC|247099346}} * {{Lang|no|Filmskuespillet}} (1951) {{OCLC|43511805}} * ''Lars Tvinde'' (1966) {{OCLC|916865022}} * ''Inge Krokann'' (1970) {{OCLC|493097843}} *{{Lang|no|Europeisk drama frå antikken til realismen}} (1972) {{ISBN|9788252100204}} * {{Lang|no|Samtid 1. Politikk, kunstliv og kulturkamp i mellomkrigstida}} (1973) {{ISBN|9788210007767}} * {{Lang|no|Teatret frå Aiskylos til Ibsen}} (1974) {{ISBN|9788252103908}} *{{Lang|no|Teatret i det 20. hundreåret}} (1976) {{ISBN|9788252106077}} * {{Lang|no|Samtid 2. Krig og etterkrigsproblem}} (1978) {{ISBN|9788210014734}} * {{Lang|no|Kunst og kunstnarar frå Oppdal i gammal og ny tid}} (1979) {{ISBN|9788251808071}}
=== Films ===
* ''{{Interlanguage link|Samhold må til|no}}'' (1935) * ''Vi bygger landet'' (1936) * ''By og land hand i hand'' (1937) * ''Det drønner gjennom dalen'' (1938) * ''Lenkene brytes'' (1938) * ''Gryr i Norden'' (1939) * ''Om kjærlighet synger de'' (1946) * ''Vi vil leve'' (1946)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|197900}} {{Commons category|Olav Dalgard|position=left}}
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