Olga Pauline Sjøgren (née Hagen, August 9, 1884 – November 8, 1960)[1] was a Norwegian actress and singer. She excelled as a revue actress and operetta singer, and she became involved early in film. She was also known as Olga Almquist.
Family
Olga Sjøgren was the daughter of the tailor Erik Hagen and his Swedish-born wife Kristine Andersdotter.[2] She married the actor Carl Johan Olaf Almquist (1879–1914) on June 28, 1902, and they had two sons.[3] She then married the actor Josef Peder Marcus Sjøgren (1891–1927).
Life and work
Olga Pauline Hagen was a student at Ludovica Levy's Second Theater academy in 1899. After that, she was engaged with the Eldorado Theater, the Tivoli Theater, and the Kongshavn Summer Theater, all in her hometown of Kristiania (now Oslo).
She was later associated with the Stavanger Theater, the Falkberget Theater, and the Norwegian Operetta Company (Norwegian: Det norske operetteselskap). She also toured with Bjørn Bjørnevik's Bjørnevik Theater, where she participated in more than 1,400 productions of the play Skjærgårdsflirt by Gideon Wahlberg. She also starred in the film version of Skjærgårdsflirt.[4]
Theater roles
Rose in the operetta Les Premiers Pas (Norwegian title: Et Eventyr i Tyrol) by Daniel Auber and Adolphe Adam (Trondheim, 1906)[5]
