Fredrikke Louise Nielsen (born Fredrikke Louise Jensen July 5, 1837 in Haugesund, died July 7, 1912 in Bergen), was a popular actress and a women's pioneer. She played more than 300 roles in her twenty-six-year-long career, and was personally directed by both Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Ibsen chose her to play Signe, one of the lead characters in The Feast at Solhaug (1856), which was his first audience success. In 1880, Nielsen left the stage and joined the Methodist Movement in Bergen. She now became a preacher, first in Scandinavia, and later in the United States. She felt a strong social commitment and used the pulpit for preaching other topics than religion, such as women's and children's rights.
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5 July 1837 Avaldsnes in Rogaland
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Died |
7 July 1912 (aged 75)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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