Marianne Krogness is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 actress, singer and revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

 artist. While a student at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

, she joined the musical- and theatre group Tramteateret in 1976. Krogness has had several roles in television and on film, such as the 1985 drama Adjø solidaritet and the 1996–97 sitcom

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 "Bot og bedring". She has also been associated with a series of commercials she did for Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

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 gas stations.

Select filmography

Year	Title	Role
1980	"Serum serum" (TV)	Sandra Salamander
1982	"Pelle Parafins Bøljeband og automatspøkelsene" (TV)	Sandra Salamander
1985	Adjø solidaritet	Sidsel
1996–97	"Bot og bedring" (TV)	Aase
2002	Folk flest bor i Kina	Tuva

External links

• Interview from Dagbladet
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