- She left the National Theater because she felt that she was not given satisfactory assignments there, in competition with the slightly younger Johanne Dybwad .
- She made her stage début at Christiania Theatre in 1886.
- She was the sister of the actress Marta Frogg and the aunt of the actor Odd Frogg.
- She was a Norwegian actress.
- She performed at Christiania Theatre until it closed in 1899, and from then mainly at Nationaltheatret.
- In June 1952, Ragna Wettergreen, at the age of almost 88, was engaged for 11 performances at the National Theater in her former brilliant role as the grandmother in the Adventure by GA Caillavet and Robert de Flers. Between 1915 and 1936 she had played this role 104 times.
- Her talent was more in the direction of female intuition than conscious intelligence. She designed her contemporary figures in a tight and bold form, and she added both beauty and mood to the interpretation.
- During a long stage career, she gave a number of human portrayals that sparkled with witty, surprising and convincing life. Her ability to get to the bottom of all tasks attracted both admiration and respect.
- On stage, she united sure intuition, great charm, strong temperament and a nuanced technique.
- For the 1905 to 1909 seasons, she was at the Fahlstrøm Theater.
- Ragna Wettergreen also had a few film roles. She made her film debut in 1912 in the Danish story of a mother. The following year she played in the Swedish Blodets röst opposite the director Victor Sjöström and the main role as a variety singer in the Danish drama En fortid. After the main role in Mauritz Stiller's Madame de Thèbes 1915, she played Oline in Gunnar Sommerfeldt's film adaptation of Hamsun's Markens grøde 1921.
- She also participated in films, first in 1912, in the Danish film Historien om en moder.
- She also performed as a guest at Norwegian theaters and in Sweden and Denmark.
- She is particularly known for several title roles or principal characters in plays by Henrik Ibsen, such as Lady Inger of Ostrat, Hedda Gabler, The Vikings at Helgeland, Rosmersholm, John Gabriel Borkman, Little Eyolf, and The Wild Duck.
- In addition to character roles, she was a brilliant farce actress , although she herself did not want to play "farce", as she put it.
- In 1952, her presentation in 'The Adventure' was characterized by a wistful wisdom and sweet femininity. Through a brilliant interaction with Per Aabel, this production became a special experience for everyone who had seen Wettergreen in the role before, and for a new generation of theatre-goers. The engagement had to be extended, and after two seasons the play had been performed 152 times to full houses.
- In 1889 she married the defense attorney Haakon Ingolf Wettergreen (1858-1902).
- She retired from the stage around 1940, but in June 1952 she returned in her old glory role as the grandmother in the Adventure by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers .
- Ragna Wettergreen played in both plays and operettas.
- She married a second time in 1903, to the artillery captain Roald Skancke (1876-1932).
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