Knut Christian Langaard
Born(1886-02-02)February 2, 1886
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
DiedMay 1, 1965(1965-05-01) (aged 79)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)Athlete, landowner, dog breeder, and actor
SpouseLinge Langård
Parent

Knut Christian Langaard (February 2, 1886 – May 1, 1965) was a Norwegian athlete, Olympic competitor,[1][2] landowner,[3] dog breeder, and actor.[4]

Family

Langaard was the son of the businessman and patron of the arts Christian Langaard (1849–1922) and Ellevine Marie Langaard (1857–1890).[5] His first marriage was to Elisif Fearnley (1889–1954),[6] the daughter of the shipowner and industrialist Thomas Nicolay Fearnley, in the fall of 1910. In the next few years, the couple had the children Ella Marie (born 1911), Cecil (born 1912), Elisabeth (born 1914), Christian Knut (born 1915), and Elisif (born 1919).[7] Langaard's only son, Christian K. Langaard, fought on the Allied side in the Second World War and fell during the campaign in North Africa in 1942.[8] His first marriage ended in divorce. His second marriage was to the 23-year-old daughter of Didrik Cappelen: the actress Ingrid "Linge" Cappelen (1905–1981),[9] an engagement announced in the summer of 1928.[10] That marriage also ended in divorce, and his ex-wife Linge married the sculptor Knut Henrik Lund in 1959.[11]

Acting career

In 1929, Langaard made his theater debut in the Hans Bille Tour in the play The Spanish Fly by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. There he played the role of the lawyer Gerlach, in a debut that the newspaper Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat described as "quite successful": "It's just so strange to see him play a slightly faded copy of himself; he possesses in his private life a far fuller measure of all the freshness, gallows humor, and disdain for difficulties that precisely Gerlach's role is mixed together from."[12] The following year Langaard toured with and played opposite his wife Linge Langård in the Kronstad–Langård Tour with the farce Guttebassen by Margaret Margo.[13]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ The Fourth Olympiad: Being the Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1908 Celebrated in London Under the Patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII and by the Sanction of the International Olympic Committee. London: British Olympic Association. 1909. p. 240.
  2. ↑ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company. p. 218.
  3. ↑ Norske Slægter 1912. Gyldendal: Kristiania (Oslo). 1911. p. 170.
  4. ↑ "Langaard, Knut Christian". Steinkjerleksikonet. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Knut Christian". Historisk befolkningsregister. Tromsø: Registreringssentral for historiske data. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Knut Kristian Langaard". Historisk befolkningsregister. Tromsø: Registreringssentral for historiske data. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Folketelling 1920 for 0417 Stange herred". Digitalarkivet. Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Krigsmedalien post mortem". Telemark Arbeiderblad. No. 294. December 22, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ Studentene fra 1903: biografiske opplysninger samlet til 50-års jubiléet 1953. Oslo: Merkur. 1953. p. 48.
  10. ↑ "Familien". Tidens Tegn. No. 164. July 17, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Knut Henrik Lund". Norsk kunstner-leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Den spanske flue". Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat. No. 41. February 18, 1929. p. 4. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Guttebassen". Hamar Arbeiderblad. No. 237. October 28, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  14. 1 2 Klaus, Ulrich J. (1988). Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Berlin: Klaus-Archiv. pp. 267–268.
  15. ↑ "Lena Kino". Totens Blad. No. 87. August 8, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
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