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Sigrid Undset
Writing Kristin Lavransdatter, an expansive portrait of a woman’s life in medieval Norway.
Jenny · Kristin Lavransdatter
- Born
- 20 May 1882
- Birthplace
- Kalundborg, Denmark
- Died
- 10 June 1949
More people
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist whose historical fiction joined detailed settings with intimate moral conflicts.
Early life
Kristiania
Moved to Norway as a small child.
Family influence
Her archaeologist father encouraged an interest in history.
Career
- 1899 onward
Office work
Wrote while earning a living as a secretary.
- 1907
Debut
Published the contemporary novel Marta Oulie.
- 1928
Nobel Prize
Received recognition especially for her medieval fiction.
Selected work
Jenny
Followed a young artist’s difficult choices.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Traced a woman’s life through marriage, faith and conflict.
The Master of Hestviken
Explored guilt and family in medieval Norway.
Beyond work
Religion
Converted to Catholicism in 1924.
War years
Lived in American exile after opposing Nazism.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Photo: Aage Remfeldt / Aage Rasmussen (1889-1983). Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
