Kåre Bergstrøm
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-02-03
Day of Death
1976-06-24 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Värmland, Sweden
Kåre Bergstrøm
Biography
Kåre Bergstrøm (3 February 1911 – 24 June 1976) was a Swedish-born cinematographer and film director who settled in Norway.
Bergstrøm was born in Värmland. He was assigned with the film production company Norsk Film from 1933, and eventually became took up cinematography. He was the cinematographer for Toralf Sandø's film Den forsvundne pølsemaker from 1941, Tancred Ibsen's film Den farlige leken from 1942, Rasmus Breistein's Trysil-Knut from 1942, and Alfred Maurstad's comedy En herre med bart from 1942. After World War II he was the cinematographer for Edith Carlmar's film debut Døden er et kjærtegn, and Ibsen's To mistenkelige personer, which was eventually denied a public showing after a judgement by the Supreme Court of Norway. His first film as director was the love story Andrine og Kjell from 1952. He further directed the comedy Det kunne vært deg (1952), the war documentary Blodveien (1955), about Yugoslav slave workers in Norway during World War II, the thriller Lake of the Dead (1958), based on a crime novel by André Bjerke, a biographical film about Hans Nielsen Hauge (1961), Klokker i måneskinn (1964), and the children's film Bjurra (1970).
Crew
(2023)
Alive & Well
Director
(1970)
Bjurra
Director
(1964)
Clocks in the Moonlight
Director
(1961)
Hans Nielsen Hauge
Director
(1958)
Lake of the Dead
Director, Writer
(1956)
On the Sunny Side
Screenplay
(1955)
The Blood Road
Director
(1952)
Andrine and Kjell
Director, Writer
(1952)
Det kunne vært deg
Director
(1951)
Dei svarte hestane
Writer
(1950)
Two Suspicious People
Director of Photography
(1949)
Death Is a Caress
Director of Photography
(1948)
Hvor fartøy flyte kan
Cinematography
(1948)
The Mysterious Apartment
Director of Photography
(1946)
Et spøkelse forelsker seg
Director of Photography
(1943)
Sangen til livet
Cinematography
(1942)
Trysil-Knut
Director of Photography
(1942)
The Dangerous Game
Director of Photography
(1941)
Gullfjellet
Director of Photography
(1941)
Hansen og Hansen
Cinematography
(1941)
The Lost Sausage Maker
Director of Photography
(1940)
Tørres Snørtevold
Camera Operator