Nils Sletbak

Nils Arne Sletbak (16 January 1896 – 24 January 1982) was a Norwegian jurist and theatre director.

Nils Sletbak
Born	(1896-01-16)16 January 1896 Sunndal Municipality, Norway
Died	24 January 1982(1982-01-24) (aged 86)
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Occupation(s)	Jurist and theatre director

Biography

Sletbak was born in Sunndal Municipality, Norway. He graduated as a cand.jur. at the University of Oslo.

He was an active proponent for Nynorsk culture and language. He was chairman of the board of Det Norske Teatret from 1932 to 1935, chairman of the organization Bondeungdomslaget in Oslo, and contributor to the newspaper Den 17de Mai.^[1] He was theatre director of Det Norske Teatret from 1953 to 1961.^[2][3]