Magda Blanc

In 1901 she debuted at the National Theater in her hometown of Bergen in the title role in Amalie Skram's play Agnete.^[1][3] She developed into one of the leading actresses at the theater.^[4]

Blanc excelled in both dramatic roles and comedies, and she was also a successful poetry reciter. She received the King's Medal of Merit in gold and was appointed a knight 1st class of the Order of St. Olav.^[1] In 1954 she was the recipient of a National Artist's Pension (Norwegian: Statens kunstnerlønn).^[1]

Blanc was born in Bergen, the daughter of the bank accountant Adolf Christian Blanc (1840–1918) and Magdalene Thomsen (1853–1928).^[1][5] She was the niece of the theater historian Tharald Høyerup Blanc (1838–1921).^[1] In 1906, she married the actor Henning Eriksen (1878–1922). They divorced in 1915, and in 1918 she married the composer Sverre Jordan (1889–1972). They divorced in 1949.^[1]