Else Frogner

Else Olea Frogner was born in Vang, Hedmark County Norway in 1927, as daughter of farmer Jon Frogner and Inger Margot Bræck. For a few years she was a maid with the famous Norwegian actress Tore Dyveke Segelcke (1901-1979). She helped the actress with her rehearsals, and was encouraged by Segelcke to try to become an actress herself. Else Frogner was employed at the theater in Stavanger in 1950, and in the years 1953-57, at the Norwegian Theater in Oslo. Even later she played at various stages, and had minor roles in film and television, but she is probably best known for her children's program on radio, and for several children's books. She was widely used in radio readings and in various associations.