Literature · Film · 1882–1949
Born: 20 May 1882 · Died: 10 June 1949 · Age at death: 67
Sigrid Undset died aged 67. She was born on 20 May 1882 and died on 10 June 1949.
Norwegian novelist of the medieval trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928
Did you know?She fled her home on skis to escape the Nazi occupation of Norway during the Second World War.
Sigrid Undset wrote some of the most vivid historical novels ever set in the Middle Ages. Her father was an archaeologist, and she grew up surrounded by old objects and sagas. She worked as an office secretary for ten years while writing. Her trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter follows one woman's life of passion, guilt and faith in 14th-century Norway. She converted to Catholicism in 1924. She won the Nobel Prize in 1928. When the Nazis invaded Norway, she fled to the United States and campaigned against them.
Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation:; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Norwegian novelist, 1882–1949
Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, on 20 May 1882.
She grew up in Oslo.
Kristin Lavransdatter appeared from 1920.
She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.
Career highlights
Did you know?She sold her Nobel medal to help Finland in the Winter War.
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