Dancer

Hanne Skram

Norwegian dancer (1937-2017)

Born 1937 · Bærum MunicipalityDied 2017Norway
Hanne Skram
Image: Leif Ørnelund · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Hanne Skram was a Norwegian dancer, born in 1937 in Bærum Municipality, who died in 2017.

Biography

Hanne Marie Skram (née Thorstensen, November 14, 1937 – January 11, 2017) was a Norwegian dancer.

Skram trained at Alfhild Grimsgaard's ballet school and in Paris, London, and New York. She became a dancer at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in 1959. She became the principal dancer in 1968 and had a number of solo roles. For 18 years she led the Hanne Skram Ballet School. She was married to Knut Skram, with whom she had two children: the lawyer Kristin Skram Brændvang and the composer Henrik Skram.

From the Wikipedia article “Hanne Skram”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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