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BJERKEBÆK - HOME OF SIGIRD UNDSET AT LILLEHAMMER
Visit the home of Sigrid Undset! Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) is among Norway's most popular authors. She was born in Kalundborg in Denmark in 1882 and came to Norway when she was two years old. Sigrid Undset moved to Lillehammer in 1919, where she created a unique home consisting of two old timer buildings that were moved from farms further up in the Gudbrandsdalen valley. Around the homes she built a beautiful garden. She called the site Bjerkebæk.
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The medieval novels about Kristin Lavrandsdatter (1920-1922) and Olav Audunsson (1925-1927) were written while she lived at Bjerkebæk. Sigrid was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1928 for these works. In 1940 Sigrid Undset was forced to leave Norway due to her strong criticisme of Nazism. She lived in the US during the war and fought tirelessly for Norway and the allies in articles and lectures. After the war she returned to Bjerkebæk, which had been vandalised by the occupiers.
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Contact Bjerkebæk
Visiting adress:
Gamle Nordseterveg 1
Entrance from Sigrid Undsets Road
Parking at Kristins Hall
Phone: +(47) 61 25 94 00
E-Mail: bjerkebek@maihaugen.no
Postal adress:
Bjerkebæk
Maihaugvegen 1
2609 Lillehammer
Norway
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