Gunnar Sønstevold
Composer, Film music contributor
1912 – 1991
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Who was Gunnar Sønstevold?
Gunnar Sønstevold was a Norwegian composer. He was born in Elverum, and married composer Maj Sønstevold in 1941. He composed orchestral works, vocal music, chamber music, and music to a number of plays, ballets and films. He headed the Music Department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation/Television from 1966 to 1974. He was awarded Filmkritikerprisen in 1955, for the film Det brenner i natt!. He received the Arts Council Norway music prize in 1972, and Radioteatret's honorary prize in 1987.
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- Born
- Nov 26, 1912
Elverum - Also known as
- Gunnar Sönstevold
- Spouses
- Maj Sønstevold
(1941 - 1991/10/18)
- Maj Sønstevold
- Nationality
- Norway
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 18, 1991
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on July 23, 2013
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