As this was in 1940, the German occupation of Norway put a damper on any great festivities that year.

He has later worked at Centralteatret, Edderkoppen, Riksteatret, Fjernsynsteatret og Det Norske Teatret.

[3] He has had roles in plays by Ibsen, Shakespeare and Sophocles, and musicals such as Zorba and The Threepenny Opera.

[4] His best-known character though, was "Tevye" in Fiddler on the Roof, a role Kolstad played 400 times.

He played the title role in the television series Skipper Worse (1968), based on the novel by Alexander Kielland, and was a Viking in the American movie The Island at the Top of the World (1974).