Caroline "Bokken" Lasson was a Norwegian concert and cabaret singer.
13 Facts About Bokken Lasson
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Bokken Lasson is known for starting the Oslo cabaret Chat Noir in 1912, and for introducing the children's song "Tuppen og Lillemor" to the Norwegian public.
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Caroline Lasson was born in Christiania as the daughter of lawyer Christian Otto Carl Lasson and Alexandra Cathrine Henriette von Munthe af Morgenstierne.
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Bokken Lasson was a granddaughter of lawyer and politician Peder Carl Lasson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway.
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Bokken Lasson was a sister of composer Per Lasson and painter Oda Krohg, and sister-in-law of the painters Christian Krohg and Frits Thaulow.
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Bokken Lasson had a close relation to the Danish writer Holger Drachmann, who later married her sister.
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Bokken Lasson was married to Russian writer Michael Semionovitsch Feofanoff from 1904 to 1916, and to barrister and songwriter Vilhelm Dybwad from 1916.
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Bokken Lasson took song lessons with Eva Nansen, and later song education in Dresden.
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Bokken Lasson started touring in 1895, visiting many European cities, singing while accompanying herself playing lute.
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In 1912, together with her later husband Vilhelm Dybwad, Bokken Lasson started the cabaret Chat Noir in Oslo, modelled after the Paris cabaret Le Chat Noir.
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Bokken Lasson chaired the Chat Noir until 1917, and the cabaret has lasted until today, more than hundred years.
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Bokken Lasson made her first song recording in 1912, the songs "Tuppen og Lillemor" and "Det lille Vandspand".
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Bokken Lasson was interested in antroposophy, educated at the Steiner school, was an active song educator, and continued her song career by giving concerts and being guest artist in musical comedies.