Alfhild Stormoen (née Alfhild Larsen, January 30, 1883 – February 11, 1974) was a Norwegian Norwegian actress and director.[1][2]
Family
Alfhild Stormoen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, as the younger sister of the landscape painter Lars Larsen (1876–1955) and the older sister of the pianist Nils Larsen, (1888–1937); their parents were the caretaker Nils August Larsen (1851–1912) and Anne Jensen Røhne (1846–1933).[3] On July 9, 1909, in Kristiania Alfhild married the actor Harald Stormoen in his second marriage.[1][2] Alfhild Stormoen had two daughters with Harald Stormoen: Anne Stormoen (1911–1930) and Siri Stormoen (married Boehlke, 1921–1981).
Life and work
Stormoen made her debut at the Central Theater on January 19, 1904,[4] in the title role in Agnete by Amalie Skram. Regarding her debut, it was written that "Judging from her performance yesterday, one is faced here with a rather significant talent."[5] She was engaged with the Central Theater from 1904 to 1907.
In 1908, Stormoen transferred to the National Theater, where she was engaged until 1951. She was a respected character actor, including as Karen in Nils Kjær's Regnskapets dag, Mathilde in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's De Nygifte, Tora in Bjørnson's Sigurd Slembe, the priest's widow in Bjørnson's Over ævne I, and Petra Hargant in Nini Roll Anker's Finfeier.
In 1918, Stormoen took part in a tour organized by the National Theater, in which the play Narren by Peter Egge was performed in a number of cities, from Fredrikshald to Kristiansand.[8]
