Norwegian Stars Anders Danielsen Lie and Anne Marie Ottersen Honoured on Haugesund Walk of Fame
Norwegian actors Anders Danielsen Lie and Anne Marie Ottersen were inducted into the Haugesund Walk of Fame on Saturday, August 22, as the 2026 Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund opened its seven-day run. The ceremony took place at 1:00 PM on Haraldsgata, the town's main parade street, where each honouree received an "Amanda stone" — a paving slab engraved with their name, modelled on the Amanda Award, Norway's national film prize Variety, filmfestivalen.no.
The festival's selecting committee said the two were recognised for "building the professionalism and high standards of Norway's acting community, both on the theatre stage and in the film and television industry" Variety.
For Danielsen Lie, the honour lands in the town where his acting career effectively began. His 1990 debut film, Herman, was released in Haugesund. International audiences will know him from Joachim Trier's Oscar-winning Affeksjonsverdi — titled Sentimental Value in English — which swept eight Amanda Awards at the 2026 ceremony held the same evening at Festiviteten konserthus Variety, filmfestivalen.no.
Ottersen joined the Norwegian National Theatre in 1970 and won the Amanda Award for Wives — Ten Years Later. Her latest film, The Pension Heist, directed by Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir, is scheduled for release in October Variety.
The Walk of Fame was established in 2015, with actors Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp as its first recipients. Past honourees include Lise Fjeldstad, Thorbjørn Harr, Anneke von der Lippe, Bjørn Floberg, Marie Blokhus and Pål Sverre Hagen. The unveiling ceremony is a free, open-to-the-public event filmfestivalen.no.
The 54th edition of the festival runs August 22–28. Erik Poppe's Beloved, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, opens the programme, while Drapet på Benjamin Hermansen closes it. The industry sidebar New Nordic Films kicks off with FJORD, and the winner of the 2026 Palme d'Or is slated to screen during the festival. The festival also hosts a companion event in Stavanger, set for March 4–7, 2027 Variety, filmfestivalen.no.
For a coastal town of roughly 37,000 people, Haugesund punches well above its weight as a festival host. The Walk of Fame stones now lining Haraldsgata offer a walking timeline of Norwegian screen acting — and this year's additions connect that tradition across two generations, from a 1990 child debut to a film arriving in cinemas this autumn.
