Ellen Horn

Ellen Horn
Minister of Culture
In office
17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Monarch Harald V
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by Åslaug Haga
Succeeded by Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Personal details
Born Ellen Stoesen
(1951-02-01) 1 February 1951
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Norwegian
Spouse(s) Jon Christensen
Children Kjersti Horn
Emilie Stoesen Christensen
Occupation Actor, Minister and Theater director

Ellen Horn (born Ellen Stoesen, 1 February 1951) is a Norwegian actress, theater director, and politician for the Labour Party.[1]

Career

Horn started as a puppet actor at Oslo Nye Teater (1969–70), and was educated at the Teaterhøyskolen (1972–75), and since the late 1980s has been one of the most central and prominent figures in Norwegian theater. As an actress, she has distinguished herself by her versatility; as director at the Nationaltheatret (1992-2000), she managed to turn a money-losing company with a highly turbulent business culture into a thriving theater both financially and artistically.[1] Horn has been an associate of Norsk Rikskringkasting and Nationaltheatret, and is currently director of Riksteatret.[2]

Horn further developed and consolidated the Ibsen Festival, and led the Nationaltheatret through its 100th anniversary in 1999. On that occasion, she was appointed Commander of the Order of St. Olav. During Stoltenberg's First Cabinet she was Minister of Culture (2000-2001).[1]

After leaving the cabinet, Horn returned to the Nationaltheatret as an actor, and in recent years she has toured with the theater productions Undset and Jeg kunne gråte blod (about Marie and Knut Hamsun). Both as theater director and as minister, she was met by doubts and questions whether she was qualified enough to undertake such large tasks, but she put most of the skepticism to shame with her hard and focused work and her pragmatic attitude, and by growing with the new roles.[1]

Private life

Horn is married (1988) to the Norwegian Jazz drummer Jon Christensen (b. 1943),[1] and she has two children: theater director Kjersti Horn (b. 1977, from her marriage (1973–81) to scenographer Per Kristian Horn, b. 1941), and singer and actress Emilie Stoesen Christensen (b. 1986) from her current marriage.[3]

Honors

  • Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1999[1]

Selected acting roles

  • Sigrid Undset in Undset (Trøndelag Teater 2005)[4]
  • Margrete in Adjø solidaritet (Farewell Illusions) (Movie, 1985)[5]

References

  • Rossiné, Hans. "Ellen Horn". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rossiné "Ellen Horn Biography - Norsk biografisk leksikon".
  2. ↑ "Ellen Horn teatersjef for Riksteatret for en ny åremålsperiode - Kulturdepartementet Regjeringen.no". (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ "Say and Play - ECM Jon Balke Batagraf ECMrecords.com". Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. ECM Records
  4. ↑ "Trøndelag Teater Official Website". (in Norwegian)
  5. ↑ "Adjø solidaritet - Filmweb.no". (in Norwegian)
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Kjetil Bang-Hansen		 Director of the National Theatre
(with Ole-Jørgen Nilsen and Sverre Rødahl)
1988–1990		 Succeeded by
Stein Winge
Preceded by
Stein Winge		 Director of the National Theatre
1992–2000		 Succeeded by
Eirik Stubø
Preceded by
Bente Erichsen		 Director of the Riksteatret
2005–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Åslaug Haga		 Norwegian Minister of Culture
2000–2001		 Succeeded by
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
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