Adam Eriksen
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BornSeptember 17, 1852
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
DiedJuly 17, 1931 (aged 78)
Stabekk, Norway
Resting placeOur Savior's Cemetery, Oslo, Norway
OccupationsPainter, photographer, director, and screenwriter
Adam Eriksen | |
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| Born | September 17, 1852 Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway |
| Died | July 17, 1931 (aged 78) Stabekk, Norway |
| Resting place | Our Savior's Cemetery, Oslo, Norway |
| Occupations | Painter, photographer, director, and screenwriter |
| Relatives | Alfred Eriksen, Solvejg Eriksen |
Adam Emanuel Eriksen (September 17, 1852 – July 19, 1931)[1] was a Norwegian painter, photographer, film director, and screenwriter.
Eriksen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the son of the watchmaker Henrik Erichsen (1825–1870) and Emilie Kathrine Christoffersen (1825–1902). He was the brother of the politician, newspaper editor, and writer Alfred Eriksen and the uncle of the journalist and author Solvejg Eriksen. He married Olea Pedersen in 1880.[2][3]