Andrine Christensen

Andrine Christensen
Born(1814-02-09)9 February 1814
Aker, Norway
Died2 September 1853(1853-09-02) (aged 39)
Spouse
Mathias Peter Janus Neuberg
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(m. 1832)​

Andrine Christensen (9 February 1814 – 2 September 1853) was a Norwegian actress and dancer.

Early and personal life

Andrine Christensen was born on 9 February 1814 in Aker to Hans Nicolay Johansen and Ellen Christensen. On 15 March 1832, she married Mathias Peter Janus Neuberg (1805–1877) in Christiania. She was the mother-in-law of theologian and educator Peter Laurentius Larsen.[1][2]

Career

Andrine Christensen was a pupil at Johan Peter Strömberg's theatre in Christiania from its opening on 30 January 1827. On the opening day, at the age of 12, she performed a ballet with fellow actress and dancer Henriette Hansen as well as solo parts in the dance divertissement, and the performance was well received. She and Hansen were described as the foster children of Strömberg.[3][4]

She made her acting debut at the same theatre on 21 March 1827 as Jacob in Drengene fra Auvergne. The same summer, she travelled with Stromberg's theatre for a long guest performance in Drammen, before the company embarked on a tour.[1]

When theatre director Strömberg had to rent out the theatre building in 1828 to the newly established Christiania Public Theatre, he ensured in the lease that Christensen and actress Henriette Hansen would be allowed to continue performing for a fee of 100 speciedaler a year.[5]

Death

Christensen died on 2 September 1853, at the age of 39.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet (in Norwegian). Universitetsforl. pp. 37–38. ISBN 8200056228.
  2. ^ Church book from Korskirken parish 1852-1867 (1301M2)
  3. ^ "Morgenbladet 1827.02.01". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). Oslo. 1 February 1827. p. 2.
  4. ^ Blanc, Tharald Høyerup (1899). Christiania theaters historie : 1827-1877 (in Norwegian). Christiania: J.W. Cappelen.
  5. ^ Anker, Øyvind (1958). Johan Peter Strømberg : mannen bak det første offentlige teater i Norge (in Norwegian). Gundersen. p. 45.
  6. ^ Nordahl-Olsen, Joh (1898). Stamtavle over en norsk præsteslægt Friis. Bergen. p. 15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)