Louise Brun

Louise Brun née Gulbrandsen (16 December 1830 in Bergen – 21 January 1866), was a Norwegian actress. She is counted among the most famed and most noted actors in Norway in the 19th century.^[1]

Life

Louise Brun debuted on the stage in Bergen. She married her colleague Johannes Brun in 1851, also one of the most noted Norwegian actors of his time.^[2]

In 1857, the couple moved to Oslo, where she was active the remaining years of her career. She was considered to be artistic and with an intelligent apprehension ability.^[3] She played both tragedy and comedy, but was most known within the so-called salon-comedies, a popular genre of the period.

References

1. Louise Brun i Arvid Ahnfelt, Europas konstnärer (1887)
2. Louise Brun i Arvid Ahnfelt, Europas konstnärer (1887)
3. Louise Brun i Arvid Ahnfelt, Europas konstnärer (1887)

• Louise Brun i Arvid Ahnfelt, Europas konstnärer (1887)
• Brun, 2. Louise i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1905)