Per Bronken

{{Short description|Norwegian director and actor (1935–2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Per Bronken | image = Per Bronken.jpg | caption = Bronken in 1966 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1935|3|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Tromsø, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |2002|10|4|1935|3|13|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Poet, novelist, actor, film director and stage producer | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | spouse = {{marriage|Monna Tandberg|1962|1971}} | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = Gyldendal's Endowment (1961) }}

'''Per Bronken''' (13 March 1935 – 4 October 2002) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, film director and stage producer.

==Career== Bronken made his literary debut in 1955 with the poetry collection ''Kom drikk også mitt blod''. He made his stage debut at Riksteatret in 1957. He worked as stage producer for Fjernsynsteatret for several periods from 1962, and played an important role in the development of Norwegian television drama.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Per Bronken |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Bronken |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 March 2010}}</ref><ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Per Bronken |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Jon |last=Nygaard |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Per_Bronken/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 March 2010}}</ref> He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1961.<ref name=gyl>{{cite web |title=Gyldendalprisen |url=http://www.forfatterportalen.no/litteraturpriser/gyldendal.htm |accessdate=16 March 2010 |publisher=forfatterportalen.no |language=Norwegian |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185319/http://www.forfatterportalen.no/litteraturpriser/gyldendal.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life== Bronken was born in Tromsø, a son of merchant Alfred Sivertsen and nurse Ingeborg Bronken. He was married to actress Monna Tandberg from 1962 to 1971, and to actress {{ill|Marie Louise Tank|no}} from 1974.<ref name =nbl/>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1957|| ''Nine Lives'' || Ole, kjelketrekker || |- |1966|| ''Nederlaget'' || (director) || NRK Television Theater |- |1986|| ''Blackout'' || Politiinspektøren || |}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|nm0111450|name=Per Bronken}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-bef | before=Finn Bjørnseth }} {{s-ttl | title =Recipient of the Gyldendal's Endowment | years = 1961<br>(shared with Johannes Heggland) }} {{s-aft | after = Bergljot Hobæk Haff }} {{end}}

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