Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt]; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel...
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(b. 1910) June 10 Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist (b. 1873) Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882) Carl Vaugoin, Austrian...
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Catholic Church in Norway (section Sigrid Undset)
Prelature of Tromsø. In November 1924 the well-known Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset was received into the Catholic Church after thorough instruction from...
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and entertainer Sigrid Undset, Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Valdis, American actress Sigrid Wille, German skier Sigrid Wolf, Austrian...
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16 – Mary Gordon, Scottish stage and screen actress (d. 1963) May 20 Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949) Fannie Salter, American...
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Prize in Literature was awarded to the Danish-born Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life...
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Orchid is a novel by the Norwegian author Sigrid Undset, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Undset first published the novel in Norwegian as...
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Jenny (novel) (category Novels by Sigrid Undset)
Jenny is a novel by the Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset, published in 1911, and regarded as Undset's literary breakthrough. The novel is set in Rome and...
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Kristin Lavransdatter (category Novels by Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter is a trilogy of historical novels written by Sigrid Undset. The individual novels are Kransen (The Wreath), first published in 1920...
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(died 1927) 1879 – Hans Meerwein, German chemist (died 1965) 1882 – Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate...
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businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852) 1949 – Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate...
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The Master of Hestviken (category Novels by Sigrid Undset)
Master of Hestviken is a tetralogy about medieval Norway written by Sigrid Undset. It was originally published in Norwegian as two volumes Olav Audunssøn...
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Windaus Physiology or Medicine – Charles Jules Henri Nicolle Literature – Sigrid Undset Peace – not awarded Griffith, Fred. (January 1928). "The Significance...
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were Christina, Queen of Sweden, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus; and Sigrid Undset, Nobel Prize-winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter. The number of...
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founder of The Sigrid Undset Society (1997) and author of the first biography in English of the Nobel Prize Laureate (1928) Sigrid Undset (1882–1949). Skille...
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a character in the trilogy of historical novels of the same name by Sigrid Undset Officer Kristin D'Silva, an army officer in Child's Play 3 Behind the...
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include Knut Hamsun's later work, Sigrid Undset, Johan Falkberget, and Olaf Bull. Both Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature...
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corner. 500 kroner note (outdated) The 500 kroner note (1999) portrays Sigrid Undset (1882–1949), author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927...
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about Sigrid Undset, the Danish-born Norwegian author of Kristin Lavransdatter. Moved by the plot of the Nobel Prize winner's novel, Kaspar sends Sigrid Undset...
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writers include the two Nobel Prize-winning authors, Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset. The period after 1965 represented a sharp expansion of market for Norwegian...
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Gunnar's Daughter (category Novels by Sigrid Undset)
Daughter is a 1909 short novel written by Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset (1882-1949). This was Undset's first historical novel, set at the beginning of the 11th...
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Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920) operatic soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) a Norwegian novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature...
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Mann, German-born American novelist (overdose, born 1906) June 10 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author and Nobel Laureate (born 1882) June 11 – Oton Župančič...
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Olivier in a principal rôle. December 10 – Danish-born Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "principally for her powerful...
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that Sigrid Undset would have turned in her grave. As the festival has as its subsidiary name "Sigrid Undset Days", a representative of Undset's family...
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some period in their life. For instance, Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset grew up in Oslo, and described her life there in the autobiographical...
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Cross or in the original Norwegian, Korset) of Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. Abishag's name, although not her story, is invoked to begin Robert...
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National Gallery of Norway Sigrid Undset, 1911, Bergen Art Museum Fabrikker ved Themsen, 1912, Bergen Art Museum Sigrid Undset, 1912, Den norske forfatterforening...
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Heidenstam, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan, Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen...
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celebrated every February. Kalle Løchen (1865–1893), a painter and actor Sigrid Undset (1882–1949), a novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928;...
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