Svanhild Johannessen
Svanhild Johannessen was a Norwegian actress.
Svanhild Johannessen was born in Bergen. She was the daughter of the actor Berent Johannessen and the actress Laura Elvig, and the sister of the actress Borghild Johannessen. On June 14, 1901, she married the actor Hauk Aabel. She was the mother of the actors Per Aabel and Andreas Aabel.
Johannessen had her stage debut on January 4, 1900 at the Central Theater under the direction of Rudolf "Rulle" Rasmussen. She played the role of the young girl Hildegard in the comedy Das Opferlamm by Oscar Walther and Leo Stein, in which her father played the lead role.
In 1900, she participated in the Nord-Norge-turneen, headed by Harald Otto, in which she played Helga in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's comedy Geografi og Kærlighed.
