{{Short description|Norwegian actor (1920–1994)}} {{Infobox person | image = Per Skift (1956).jpg | caption = Per Skift in 1956 | name = Per Skift | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|05|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|01|10|1920|05|10|mf=y}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | resting_place= | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = | spouse = | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = }}
'''Per Skift''' (born ''Per Anker Christensen'', May 10, 1920 – January 10, 1994)<ref name="Hurum">{{cite news |last1=Hurum |first1=Maud |title=Per Skift til minne |url=https://www.nb.no/items/3b259428c0fce2fd2b7a1ed404e52472?page=29 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=12 |date=January 15, 1994 |page=31}}</ref> was a Norwegian actor.<ref name="SNL">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Per Skift |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |year=2021 |url=https://snl.no/Per_Skift |language=Norwegian |accessdate=July 4, 2022}}</ref>
== Career == Skift made his stage debut in 1944 at Chat Noir in Oslo.<ref name="Hurum"/><ref name="SNL"/> He was then engaged with the Oslo New Theater, Trøndelag Theater, and Rogaland Theater until he started performing for the National Traveling Theater in 1972.<ref name="SNL"/> Skift is best known his performances in operettas and musicals such as ''Die Fledermaus'', ''Annie Get Your Gun'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harm |first1=Henry |title='Annie' på klingende nynorsk, på Det Norske Teatret |url=https://www.nb.no/items/64aa1bc92141c042077bcca09d9620a0?page=1 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=Fremover |issue=164 |date=July 19, 1956 |page=3}}</ref> and ''Carmen''.<ref name="SNL"/>
Alongside his stage career, Skift also appeared in eight films between 1946 and 1964. He made his film debut in Toralf Sandø's ''Englandsfarere''.<ref name="Hurum"/><ref name="SNL"/>
==Filmography== {{colbegin}} *1946: ''Englandsfarere'' as Arnfinn *1949: ''Aldri mer!'' (campaign film) *1952: ''Vi vil skilles'' as Leif *1954: ''Shetlandsgjengen'' as Bård Grotle *1957: ''Peter van Heeren'' as Peter van Heeren *1959: ''5 loddrett'' as Jens *1962: ''Operasjon Løvsprett'' *1964: ''Nydelige nelliker'' {{colend}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0804159|name=Per Skift}} * [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=312625 Per Skift] at the Swedish Film Database * [https://filmfront.no/aktor/36862/per-skift Per Skift] at Filmfront * [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/21261 Per Skift] at Sceneweb
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skift, Per}} Category:1920 births Category:1994 deaths Category:20th-century Norwegian male actors Category:Male actors from Oslo