Per Aabel

Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.

He then embarked on training with the theatre director Max Reinhardt in Vienna before making his stage debut in 1931.

His statue, by Norwegian sculptor Nina Emilie Sundbye, was unveiled outside the stage entrance of the National Theatre in 1999.

[3] In 1988 Aabel was decorated the Grand Cross of St. Olav (Storkors) [1] - awarded to heads of state as a courtesy and in rare cases to individuals for merit.

The committee that selects the prize winner is made up of Wenche Foss, Bjarte Hjelmeland and theater director Eirik Stubø.