Olaf Kronstad

Olaf Kronstad was born Olaf Hansen in Årstad, the son of the tanner Ludvig Hansen (later Øvrebø) and his wife Johanne.^[5] Kronstad married the actress Botten Soot in 1924.^[6][7][8] He married the Red Cross nurse Gunvor Tønseth (1907–1983)^[9] in 1939.^[10][11]

Kronstad made his stage debut in 1918 in the cabaret production Chat Noir i Bergen.^[12] He appeared as Touffleux in René Mercier's operetta Benjamin at the Mayol Theater in 1925.^[13] He also performed at the Chat Noir cabaret and revue theater^[14] and at the New Theater in Oslo.^[14] In 1934 he appeared in the film Op med hodet!^[15]