Finn Bø

Finn Bø (4 July 1893 – 24 April 1962) was a Norwegian songwriter, revue writer, playwright, journalist, instructor and theatre critic.

Finn Bø
Born(1893-07-04)4 July 1893
Kristiania, Norway
Died24 April 1962(1962-04-24) (aged 68)
NationalityNorwegian
EducationChemical engineer
Alma materNorwegian Institute of Technology
OccupationJournalist, theatre critic, songwriter, revue writer and playwright

Career

Bø is particularly remembered for his song "Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått", which became extremely popular in 1945. Among his other popular songs are "Nå går'n på gummisåler" and "Bare rundt omkring", both from 1928. He published the anecdote collection Forbuden frukt in 1945, and the song collection Jeg tar mig den frihet in 1946. Several of his plays were also adapted into film.[1][2]

Personal life

His parents were Johan Christian Andreas Bø (1850–1924) and Valborg Hansen (1863–1910). He married in 1930 to Alfhild Knagenhjelm Poppe.[3] He graduated as chemical engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1916, but from 1920 he mainly worked as writer and journalist.[2]

Selected works[3]

Plays/Revue Comedy
  • Den enes død (sm.m. S. Hoel), 1921
  • Du har lovet mig en kone!, 1934 (filmmanus 1935)
  • Hele byen snakker, 1936 og 1957
  • I moralens navn, 1937
  • Det store spørsmål, 1940 (filmmanus En herre med bart, 1942)
  • Halmstrået, 1940
  • Konge for en natt, 1940 (filmmanus Hansen og Hansen, 1941)
  • Trollfossen (filmmanus sm.m. A. Scott-Hansen og S. Hoel), 1948
  • To liv, 1946
  • Hele byen flagger, 1950
  • Se deg om i glede, 1959
  • Fordi jeg elsker deg, 1961

Song and Anecdote Collections
  • Forbuden frukt, 1945
  • Jeg tar meg den frihet, 1946
  • Ondt ord igjen, 1951
  • I Tigerstadens jungel, 1961

Discography(Selection)
  • Gamle revyviser (div. artister), 1978
  • Lalla Carlsen, 1989
  • Einar Rose: Landskampen, 1994

References
  1. "Finn Valdemar Johan Bø". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  2. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Finn Bø". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  3. "Finn Bø – Norsk biografisk leksikon". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-05-30.
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