Liv Dommersnes (née Strømsted, born 28 September 1922) is a Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry. She was a member of group that founded Studioteatret in 1945.

Early and personal life

Strømsted was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of storekeeper Jørgen Andreas Strømsted and Signe Beatrice Hansen. She was married to actor Jens Bolling from 1945 to 1952, and to physician Ivar Dommersnes from 1968 until his death in 1994.

Career

Strømsted made her stage debut as "Helga" in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play Geografi og kjærlighed at the National Theatre in Oslo in 1942, in the last production directed by Bjørnson's son Bjørn Bjørnson. She was employed at the National Theatre from 1941 to 1945, and again from 1949. During the German occupation of Norway the situation at the theatres was characterized by severe nazification attempts from the authorities, and boycott from the public. Strømsted joined the group of actors that started underground meetings where they secretly studied Stanislavski's system. The result of these undercover meetings was the founding of the theatre Studioteatret in 1945. She played for Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949. Among her roles were "Emily" in an adaption of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town, "Polly" in Weill and Brecht's The Beggar's Opera, and "Natasja" in Anton Chekhov's A Marriage Proposal.

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