Cally Monrad

Ragnhild Caroline Monrad (31 July 1879, Gran, Oppland – 23 February 1950) was a Norwegian singer, actress and poet. She studied singing in Dresden, stayed in Berlin for a long time, toured with Edvard Grieg, performed for King Oscar II, Haakon VII and Emperor William II. She was a very popular opera singer in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.

Cally Monrad

She ended up as a member of the Nazi Party Nasjonal Samling, and was theatre director at Det Norske Teatret from 1942 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway.

She was sentenced to one year imprisonment in 1947.[1][2][3][4]

Cally Monrad was the sister of the painter Julie Gjessing (born Julie Monrad).[5]

Further reading
  • Stenseth, Bodil (1990). Sangerinnen: Cally Monrads liv og kunst.

References
  1. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Cally Monrad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. Vanberg, Vidar. "Cally Monrad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. "Teatersjefar på Det Norske Teatret" (in Norwegian). Det Norske Teatret. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. Stenseth, Bodil (1995). "Monrad, Cally". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 276. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  5. Julie Katrine Gjessing (Monrad); genicom
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