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Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a respected and honored Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.^[1]

Per Aabel was the son of Hauk Aabel, a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film. He studied at Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in London, after studying at the ballet teacher Enrico Cecchetti. He also attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. He then embarked on training with the theatre director Max Reinhardt in Vienna before making his stage debut in 1931.^[2]

Aabel spent a number of years as a principal actor and teacher with major theatre companies in Oslo during the 1930s. Aabel was the director of Carl Johan Teatret between 1933 to 1938. He did not appear in film until the late 1940s. He is more renowned though for his work with the Norwegian theatre. He was employed at the Centralteatret from 1938 to 1940 and the Nationaltheatret from 1940 to 1972.

In the public mind he is probably best remembered as an esteemed raconteur. After his retirement, Per Aabel was a frequent entertainer on television as a storyteller. He appeared frequently at national events and artist anniversaries. His statue, by Norwegian sculptor, Nina Emilie Sundbye, was unveiled outside the stage entrance of the Nationaltheatret in 1999.

Aabel was given the Karl Gerhard honorary award in 1970, Årets Peer Gynt in 1972, the St. Hallvard Medal in 1976, Amanda Honorary Award in 1988 and 1998.^{[citation needed]} He was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1978.^[3]

The Per Aabel Honorary Award (Per Aabels ærespris) is awarded annually on Per Aabel's birthday, April 25. The award was established in 1979 and the first award granted to a talented, Norwegian actor or actress in 1980. The prize includes a statuette of Per Aabel designed by Nina Sundbye. The committee that selects the prize winner is made by Wenche Foss, Bjarte Hjelmeland and theater director Eirik Stubø.^[4]

• Du verden (1950)
• Den stundesløse Per Aabel (1980)

• Lillo-Stenberg, Ole (ed.) Alene på scenen: Per Aabel og tekstene hans (2001) (Andresen & Butenschøn) ISBN 82-7694-071-4
• Hansen, Jan Erik (1993.) Kjære Per Aabel (Cappelen) ISBN 82-02-13805-1

• Portrait of Per Aabel 1934

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