---
name: "Vidar Sandem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vidar-sandem"
fi1m_id: "vidar-sandem"
imdb_id: "nm0761374"
tmdb_id: 99056
wikidata_id: "Q7927714"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 February 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T20:22:32.533885+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Vidar Sandem

## Identity

Vidar Sandem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vidar-sandem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vidar-sandem
- **IMDb ID:** nm0761374
- **TMDB ID:** 99056
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7927714
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidar_Sandem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7927714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99056

Actor. Born 19 February 1947 in Trøgstad Municipality.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 February 1947, Trøgstad Municipality
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidar_Sandem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7927714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99056

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Worst Person in the World*](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Vidar Sandem is a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born on 19 February 1947 in Trøgstad, Norway.

Sandem made his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in 1970. He joined Det Norske Teatret in 1977 and served as its theatre director from 1997 to 2010. His film roles include the father in *The Ice Palace* (1987) and Per Harald in *The Worst Person in the World* (2021). He also appeared as Chief Geologist in *The Burning Sea* (2021).

His debut as a playwright was the one-act play *Straffe-*, broadcast by Fjernsynsteatret in 1988.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Per Harald — [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Quisling: The Final Days* (2024), as Erik Solem
- *Power Play* (2023), series, as Gudmund 'Gubbe' Harlem
- *Reservations* (2023), as Sverre
- *The Burning Sea* (2021), as Chief Geologist
- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), as Per Harald — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)
- *For Life* (2020), series, as Hefe
- *As I Fall* (2018), as Sverre
- *Upperdog* (2009), as Hans Martin
- *Jul på Månetoppen* (2002), series, as Støve
- *Mot i brøstet* (1993), series, as Kursleder, Fenrik, Bilkjøper
- *Hair of the Dog* (1988), as Jens 'Falchen' Falch
- *Ice Palace* (1987), as Far
- *På stigende kurs* (1987), as Etterforsker
- *Hard asfalt* (1986), Actor
- *Farewell Illusions* (1985), as Tor
- *Orion's Belt* (1985), as Helge
- *Angels in the Snow* (1982), Actor
- *Blood of the Railroad Workers* (1979), as Flisa

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