Gustav Berg-Jæger | |
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| Born | (1884-12-31)31 December 1884 |
| Died | 1957 (aged 72–73) |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, actor, cultural director |
Carl Gustav Berg-Jæger (31 December 1884 – 1957) was a Norwegian journalist, actor, cultural director and Nazi collaborator. He is best known as director ofOslo Kinematografer, theNational Theatre and briefly theNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation during theoccupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Before the occupation he was among others the editor of Norway's first magazine devoted tobroadcast programming.
He was born inKristiania as a son of Hans Henrik Berg-Jæger (1855–1925) and Thora Bull (1855–1906). He worked as a journalist and theatre critic forMorgenbladet from 1905, and as an actor atFahlströms Teater from 1908. From 1911 to 1922 he worked in the movie theatre Bio-Kino, which was founded by his father. He edited the monthly magazineFilm og Kino from 1916 to 1919 and laterFilmen og vi. From 1922 he led animpresario company named Musik-Centralen, and in 1925 he was employed a few months at the first Norwegian broadcasting company,Kringkastingselskapet. He also edited a magazine namedHallo-Hallo!; this was Norway's first magazine devoted tobroadcast programming. After resigning in protest from Kringkastingselskapet he worked as an actor as well as in the Norwegian branches ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer andParamount Pictures.[1]
He was appointed as managing director ofOslo Kinematografer byReichskommissarJosef Terboven in 1940, when the previous managing directorKristoffer Aamot had been fired the same day. Berg-Jæger had joinedNasjonal Samling a week in advance. He was installed as theatre director at theNational Theatre by the Nazi authorities from 1941 to 1945, and led the theatre in a difficult period, when the theatre was more or less boycotted by the public. He was also national program director (director of theNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation) in six weeks in 1941–1942. From 1942 he was the chairman ofNorsk Film, and he was also a member ofKulturtinget.[1] In 1941 he was thescreenwriter for the filmKjærlighet og vennskap, which was directed by fellow NaziLeif Sinding and starredSonja Wigert,Georg Løkkeberg,Per Aabel andRønnaug Alten among others.[2]
After the end of the German occupation on8 May 1945, he was arrested by the Norwegian authorities on 14 May and imprisoned atIlebu prison until 1946. As a part of thelegal purge after the war he was convicted for his Nazi collaboration in 1947. The sentence was three and a half years offorced labour—albeitsuspended—and confiscation of 75,000 kr. He died in 1957 inBærum.[1]
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| Preceded by | Director ofOslo Kinematografer 1940–1942 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Director of theNational Theatre 1941–1945 | Succeeded by |
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