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Den nye lensmannen
Directed by	Leif Sinding
Starring	Haakon Hjelde
Release date	6 September 1926 (1926-09-06)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Den nye lensmannen (The New Sheriff) is a 1926 Norwegian drama film directed by Leif Sinding, starring Haakon Hjelde. The new sheriff (lensmann) hides a secret: he is actually a gypsy (tater). He tricks money from the locals, but he also helps two lovers unite.

Cast

Haakon Hjelde as Franz Joseph, a Gypsy
Anna-Brita Ryding as Ragnhild Knutsdatter Øvrebø
Ulf Selmer as Knut Øverbø, a wealthy farmer
Einar Rose as Per Storflaten
Martin Linge as Ola, a servant boy at the Øvrebø farm
Ragnvald Wingar as Jens Brødlaus, a smallholder
Marie Hedemark as Berthe Brødlaus, Jens's wife
Mally Haaland as Signors Brødlaus, their daughter
Ranveig Aasgaard as Marit, a servant girl
Ellen Astrup as the hulder
Helga Rydland as an elderly Gypsy woman
Robert Sperati as the burial mound farmer
Ellen Sinding as a dancer
Maina Claes as a dancer

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Films directed by Leif Sinding

Himmeluret (1925)
Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser (1926)
Den nye lensmannen (1926)
Syv dage for Elisabeth (1927)
Fjeldeventyret (1927)
Fantegutten (1932)
Jeppe på bjerget (1933)
Morderen uten ansikt (1936)
Vi vil oss et land... (1936)
Bra mennesker (1937)
Eli Sjursdotter (1938)
De vergeløse (1939)
Tante Pose (1940)
Kjærlighet og vennskap (1941)
Sangen til livet (1943)
Heksenetter (1954)
Gylne ungdom (1956)