Olav Dalgard, given name Olaf Hanssen was a Norwegian filmmaker, advocate of Nynorsk, and a literature and art historian. Dalgard was raised in Oppdal, from the age of three. He earned an M.A. degree in literature and art history at the University of Oslo in 1929. During his studies, he was the chairman of the student Nynorsk association and was active in the Mot Dag movement. Dalgard worked as a literature critic for the newspapers Dagbladet and Arbeiderbladet.

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  • Olav Dalgard, given name Olaf Hanssen was a Norwegian filmmaker, advocate of Nynorsk, and a literature and art historian. Dalgard was raised in Oppdal, from the age of three. He earned an M.A. degree in literature and art history at the University of Oslo in 1929. During his studies, he was the chairman of the student Nynorsk association and was active in the Mot Dag movement. Dalgard worked as a literature critic for the newspapers Dagbladet and Arbeiderbladet. From 1931 on he was the dramatic advisor and instructor at Det Norske Teateret. 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 World War II Dalgard was arrested in 1942 and held as a political prisoner by the German occupants and sent to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. After the war, Dalgard wrote, among other things, a history of Norwegian theater entitled Teateret frå Aiskylos til Ibsen (Theater from Aiskylos to Ibsen) (1948), and theoretical works about film. He was involved in the establishment of Norsk Filminstitutt. Among his most famous works was Gryr i Norden, a dramatization of a strike in Oslo in 1889. Dalgard was a member of the state film board, chairman of the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association from 1953-55, and president of the Norwegian Humanist Association from 1965-77. In 1961 Dalgard received a government grant. In 1978 he accepted the Norwegian culture council's special award for his work. An award, Dalgards kritikerpris, is named for him and is given annually to a reviewer in literature, film, or theater.
  • Olav Dalgard, døpenavn Olaf Hanssen var en norsk filmregissør, nynorskforkjemper og litteraturhistoriker. Dalgard vokste opp i Oppdal, dit familien flyttet da han var tre år gammel. Han tok magistergraden i litteratur og kunsthistorie ved Universitetet i Oslo i 1929. Under studietiden var han formann i Studentmållaget og aktiv i Mot Dag-bevegelsen. Dalgard arbeidet som litteraturkritiker i Dagbladet og Arbeiderbladet. Fra 1931 var han dramaturg og instruktør ved Det Norske Teateret. Han studerte film i Sovjetunionen, og produserte i 1930-årene flere filmer med sosialistisk budskap. Dalgard var også aktiv i Arbeiderpartiets kulturvirksomhet. Under andre verdenskrig ble Dalgard i 1942 arrestert av de tyske okkupantene og sendt til konsentrasjonsleiren Sachsenhausen. Etter krigen skrev Dalgard blant annet den norske teaterhistorien, Teateret frå Aiskylos til Ibsen og teoretiske arbeider om film. Han var delaktig i opprettelsen av Norsk Filminstitutt. Dalgard var medlem av Statens filmråd, formann i Norsk litteraturkritikerlag 1953–55 og president i Human-Etisk Forbund 1965–77. I 1961 ble Dalgard Statsstipendiat. For sitt arbeide mottok han i 1978 Norsk kulturråds ærespris. Han har gitt navn til Dalgards kritikarpris som utdeles årlig av Norsk kritikerlag til en kritiker innen litteratur, film eller teater.
  • Olav Dalgard var en norsk filmregissör, förkämpe för nynorskan samt litteratur- och konsthistoriker.
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  • Olav Dalgard, given name Olaf Hanssen was a Norwegian filmmaker, advocate of Nynorsk, and a literature and art historian. Dalgard was raised in Oppdal, from the age of three. He earned an M.A. degree in literature and art history at the University of Oslo in 1929. During his studies, he was the chairman of the student Nynorsk association and was active in the Mot Dag movement. Dalgard worked as a literature critic for the newspapers Dagbladet and Arbeiderbladet.
  • Olav Dalgard, døpenavn Olaf Hanssen var en norsk filmregissør, nynorskforkjemper og litteraturhistoriker. Dalgard vokste opp i Oppdal, dit familien flyttet da han var tre år gammel. Han tok magistergraden i litteratur og kunsthistorie ved Universitetet i Oslo i 1929. Under studietiden var han formann i Studentmållaget og aktiv i Mot Dag-bevegelsen. Dalgard arbeidet som litteraturkritiker i Dagbladet og Arbeiderbladet. Fra 1931 var han dramaturg og instruktør ved Det Norske Teateret.
  • Olav Dalgard var en norsk filmregissör, förkämpe för nynorskan samt litteratur- och konsthistoriker.
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