Andreas Eriksen (22 September 1915 – 17 August 1976) was a Norwegian novelist.
He was born in
Kristiania
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
. His debut novel was the boy's book ''Fire gutter drar nordover'' (1935). The novels ''Etterpå gikk vi hjem'' (1936) and ''Promenade'' (1937), followed; both about school or student life. In 1941 he released the short story collection ''Utkant''.
During the
occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...
he was arrested in January 1944. He was imprisoned in
Bredtveit concentration camp until February,
Grini concentration camp
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until July, then
Berg concentration camp
Berg interneringsleir (Berg internment camp) was a concentration camp near Tønsberg in Norway that served as an internment and transit center for political prisoners and Jews during the Nazi occupation of Norway.
Establishment
The camp at Berg ...
until 20 October 1944.
References
1915 births
1976 deaths
Norwegian male short story writers
Norwegian resistance members
Bredtveit concentration camp survivors
Grini concentration camp survivors
Berg concentration camp survivors
20th-century Norwegian novelists
20th-century Norwegian short story writers
20th-century Norwegian male writers
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