Aksel Sandemose

Aksel Sandemose

Aksel Sandemose (March 19, 1899 - August 5, 1965) was a Danish/Norwegian novelist, born in Nykøbing, Mors Island, Denmark of a Danish father and Norwegian mother.

As well as writing, in his early years, he worked as a teacher, journalist, sailor and lumberman in Newfoundland. Although his birth name was Axel Nielsen, in 1921 he changed his name to Aksel Sandemose. His new surname was a danicised version of Sandermosen, near Oslo, not far from his mother's birthplace.

His literary debut came with "Fortællinger fra Labrador" in 1923. In 1930 he settled in Norway. Two years later he published his first book written in Norwegian bokmål. Sandemose remained in Norway until 1941, when his involvement in the Norwegian World War II resistance forced him to escape to Sweden. After the war Sandemose settled in the countryside near Risør, Norway.

Several of his works were based upon his upbringing in Nykøbing Mors. One of his more famous concepts, the Jante Law, is developed in his novel "En flyktning krysser sitt spor" ("A fugitive crosses his tracks") (1933), where he portrays his native town Nykøbing Mors as it was in the beginning of the 20th century.

The main theme in his books is however the kind of evil people impose on each other for the reason of narrow-mindedness and limited imagination. This is developed in a wryly humoristic form, in books that mix loose stories with comments and digressions.

Bibliography

*1923 "Fortællinger fra Labrador"
*1924 "Ungdomssynd"
*1924 "Mænd fra Atlanten"
*1924 "Storme ved jævndøgn"
*1927 "Klabavtermanden"
*1928 "Ross Dane"
*1931 "En sjømann går i land"
*1932 "Klabautermannen"
*1933 "En flyktning krysser sitt spor"
*1936 "Vi pynter oss med horn"
*1939 "September"
*1945 "Tjærehandleren"
*1946 "Det svundne er en drøm"
*1949 "Alice Atkinson og hennes elskere"
*1950 "En palmegrønn øy"
*1958 "Varulven" (The werewolf)
*1960 "Murene rundt Jeriko"
*1961 "Felicias bryllup"
*1963 "Mytteriet på barken Zuidersee"

In addition he wrote a large number of essays and articles.

External links

*da icon [http://www.sandemose.dk/ Sandemosearkivet]


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