Otto Nielsen: Difference between revisions

Nilsen co-formed the song duo ''Gerd og Otto'' in 1930, together with his younger sister Gerd.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Otto Nielsen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Otto_Nielsen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 June 2009}}</ref> The group had its first appearance at [[Trøndelag Teater]] in Trondheim. Their first recordings were ''Et luftslott på månen''/''Haveorkesteret'' and ''På turné''/''Hans og Grete'' from 1934, and the duo issued several 78 rpm records during the 1930s.<ref name=nprl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2005|title=Gerd og Otto |encyclopedia=Norsk pop & rock leksikon |editor1=[[Jan Eggum]] |editor2=Bård Ose |editor3=Siren Steen |pages=199–200 |publisher=Vega Forlag|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian }}</ref> The duo also produced children's programs for ''Trøndelag Kringkaster'' in Trondheim, and Nielsen co-wrote the first Norwegian operetta for radio, ''Postboks 39''.<ref name=nbl/> He also wrote a children's operattaoperetta, ''Spilledåsen'' in 1939.<ref name=nprl/>

Following the outbreak of [[World War II]], Nielsen was arrested in November 1942 and held at [[Møllergata 19]] for three weeks, and again arrested in November 1943 and held at the [[Grini concentration camp]] until May 1945.<ref name=grinifangene-register>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene |editor=Børre R. Giertsen | page=311 |year=1946 |language=Norwegian|publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo}}</ref> While staying at Grini he orchestred several cabarets for the prisoners. His song ''Det har vi'' was first performed inside the camp in 1944, and the song found its way out and became very popular.<ref name=nkl>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Dahl|first=Hans Fredrik|authorlink=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor=Dahl, Hans Fredrik|encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]]|title=Nielsen, Otto|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/n/n2.html#nielsen-otto |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 June 2009 |pages=290–291 |year=1995|publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo|isbn=82-02-14138-9|display-editors=etal|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525040943/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/n/n2.html#nielsen-otto|archivedate=25 May 2011}}</ref> Another of Nielsen's Grini songs was ''Grinimarsjen''.<ref name=fbull>{{cite book | title=Griniboken |editor=[[August Lange]], [[Johan Schreiner]] |chapter=Prøver på Grini-lyrikk |first=Francis|last=Bull |authorlink=Francis Bull |year=1947 |volume=2 |pages=385–401 |language=Norwegian|publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo}}</ref> The duo ''Gerd and Otto's'' most popular hit was the song ''En grønnmalt benk'' from 1948.<ref name=nbl/>

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