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Gunnar Sommerfeldt

Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1947)

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Born
September 4, 1890
Died
August 30, 1947
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1890

About Gunnar Sommerfeldt

Gunnar Sommerfeldt (4 September 1890 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish actor and film maker. In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar, which was released in 1920 and was the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil, which received the Nobel Prize in Literature the year before.

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Gunnar Sommerfeldt timeline

  1. Gunnar Sommerfeldt (4 September 1890 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish actor and film maker.
  2. In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar, which was released in 1920 and was the first feature film shot in Iceland.

The world when Gunnar Sommerfeldt was born

Gunnar Sommerfeldt was born in 1890. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWounded Knee Massacre — last major conflict with Native Americans
  • Technology milestoneElectric chair used for first execution
  • Notable inventionElectric chair
  • World population~1.5B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population63.0M

1890 versus 2026

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Measure18902026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population63.0M341 million

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