Den Nationale Scene

Den Nationale Scene (English: National Theater)[1][2][3] is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway.

[4] Opened under the name Det Norske Theater in 1850, the theatre has roots dating back to its founding on the initiative of the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull.

Henrik Ibsen was one of the first writers-in-residences and art-directors of the theatre[5] and it saw the première in Norway of his first contemporary realist drama The Pillars of Society (Samfundets støtter) on 30 November 1877.

The current theatre building was designed by Einar Oscar Schou, and opened 19 February 1909 with a production of Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg.

[7] The theatre experienced a pre-war high point during the period 1934-39 under the leadership Hans Jacob Nilsen.