![]() ![]() She continued writing both contemporary and historical books, as well as her memoirs. The Vows) and the subsequent volumes in the four-part book. She now started work on her best-known work, the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, followed by Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken (OlavAudunssøn 1. The couple divorced and she and her children stayed in Lillehammer. ![]() After he was divorced, the couple married, spending time in London and Rome.Īfter World War I, she moved to Lillehammer. There she met the Norwegian painter Anders Castus Svarstad who was married. She quit her job and travelled around Europe, spending nine months in Rome. She went on to write books set in contemporary Oslo. ![]() It created something of a stir, dealing with adultery. She then wrote a shorter, contemporary novel which was at first turned down and then accepted. She finished it when she was twenty-two but it was turned down for publication. She started writing a historical novel when she was sixteen. While employed at office work, Undset wrote and studied. She took a secretarial course and worked for an engineering company for ten years. Her father died when she was eleven, meaning the family could not afford to send her to university. The family moved to Norway when she was two. Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark in 1882. ![]()
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