
Elsa Lystad
Acting
Biography
Lystad was a Norwegian actress.
Born: July 9, 1930
Place of Birth: Oslo, Norway
Known For

Good Night, Darling
A Norwegian drama about a struggling musician who turns to blackmail after witnessing a murder.

Trygdekontoret talkshow
Trygdekontoret is a Norwegian themed talk show and debate program with Thomas Seltzer that aired on NRK 2009 - 2019.

The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry Goes Wild
Egon and the gang is about to commit their biggest heist – stealing 6 millions from an undercover operation at a freight company. The money is stored in the most advanced security vault ever constructed, guarded by professional gorillas.

Slangebæreren
Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel. A serial killer is on the loose in Oslo. He kills and leaves mysterious notes under the bodies with lines from a children's song. Problems pile up for investigator Cato Isaksen, both in relation to his two families and the murder cases.

Maja Stoneface
While her mama is at the hospital to give birth, and her dad has gone off with a mistress, Maja has to survive by herself and her grandma, thanks to her Indian costume and her second Indian identity as Maja Stoneface.

Liv
A day in the life of photo model Liv. But it's no ordinary day. She breaks up with her fiance, father and her own empty life as a model, and has to find a new place to live. But is it that easy to make a clean break?

Fredrikssons fabrikk
A classic Norwegian sitcom set in a small Oslo clothing factory run by the uptight yet well-meaning director Peder Fredriksson. Surrounded by a group of outspoken seamstresses and quirky staff, Fredriksson struggles to maintain order amid everyday chaos, gossip, and comic misunderstandings. The show blends workplace humor with sharp social observation and became a beloved portrait of Norwegian working life in the early 1990s.

Frida - Straight from the Heart
Frida, aged 13, has discovered a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called "The art of loving". Using it as a reference she sets out to better the love lives of her family and friends. But love works in mysterious ways...

Lend Me Your Wife
This is a light comedy from Edith Carlmar, Norways first woman director. It takes place in a company that sells baby toys. It is time to fill a leading position, and it is known the owner of the company only places married men on leading positions. This leads a young bachelor to "borrow" his best friends wife to have a chance at the position. This leads to a lot of comic misunderstandings, not the least because the owner of the company himself falls for the new young wife.

Dear Little Norway
A filming of and around a Chat Noir show revue from 1972.
Filmography
as Laura
as Grandmother
as Gamlemor
as Fru Raglo
as Self
as Bergljot Behrens
as Frk. Kaupang
as Grandma
as Oddveig
as Ellinor Svendsen
as Oddveig
as Alice Lindeblad
as Marta
as Kioskdame
as Rigmor Svahberg
as Topsy Lorck Mathiesen
as Frik Finckel
as Mrs. Stockmann
as Jenny
as Frk. Andresen
as Damen i vinduet
as Dame i kassa
as Fru Salvesen
as Sykegymnasten
as Ollvars kone
as Selskapsgjest