Dagfinn Grønoset (April 4, 1920 – January 28, 2008) was a journalist and writer born in

Trysil Trysil is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Nybergsund, Øs ...

, Norway, and living in

Elverum is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskog ...

most of his life. He is known for his books about wilderness and people living off the beaten track. His literary debut was ''Vandring i villmark'' from 1952. ''Anna i Ødemarka'' from 1972 became one of the biggest commercial successes for Norwegian publishing houses, and is later translated into fourteen languages, issued in seventeen countries.Biography: "Dagfinn Grønoset"
(Retrieved on January 29, 2008)

Personal life

Grønoset was born in

Tynset Tynset is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tynset. Other villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Telneset ...

. a son of farmer and forest owner Daniel Grønoset and Minda Augusta Skogli. In 1957 he married journalist .

Career

Grønoset started working for the

based newspaper '' Østlendingen'' at the age of 19, and was assigned with the newspaper until 1974, when he became a full-time author. He made his literary debut in 1952, with the book ''Vandring i villmark'', based on his own hiking experiences in the

Femund Femunden is Norway's third largest lake and the second largest natural lake in Norway. It is located in Innlandet and Trøndelag counties in Norway, just west of the border with Sweden. The lake lies primarily in the municipality of Engerdal ( ...

district. Further books are ''Finnskog og trollskap'' (1953), a biography of

Hallgeir Brenden Hallgeir Brenden (10 February 1929 – 21 September 2007) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and steeplechase runner. He competed in various skiing events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics and won two individual gold medals in 1952 and ...

from 1956, ''Nitahå-Jussi'' (1957), ''Med Kong Olav mot nord'' (1959), ''Langs bygdevegen'' (1960), and ''I Vinjes fotspor'' (1960). His book ''Folk fra skogene'' from 1970 reported on people living in the forest districts. ''Anna i ødemarka'' from 1972 portrayed one of these people in more detail, as a heroine living a hard life close to nature. The book soon became very popular, and received massive media attention such as full-page newspaper coverage and separate television programs. It has been translated into a total of 17 languages. Similar books are ''Tater-Milla'' (1974), ''Barnet Gud glemte'' (1979), and ''Gunhild fra skogene'' (1982). He was awarded HM The King's Medal of Merit (gold) in 1980. A bust of Grønoset, sculpted by Skule Waksvik, was erected in Elverum in 1986.

Selected bibliography

*''Vandring i villmark'' (1952) Biographic reports from Femundsmarka *''Finnskog og trollskap'' (1953). Also film *''Gull i sporet'' (1956) Biography of

*''Nitahå-Jussi'' (1957) Biografi of an eccentric from

Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and Värmland respectively, so named because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called '' Skogfinner/"Forest Finns"''. ...

, the "Forest of the Finns" *''Med kong Olav mot nord'' (1959) *''Villmarksfolk'' (1959) Illustrated by

Kjell Aukrust Kjell Aukrust (19 March 1920 – 24 December 2002) was a Norwegian author, poet, artist and humorist. Aukrust is principally known for his Flåklypa stories and Flåklypa drawings. Personal life Aukrust was born in Alvdal in Hedmark, Norway as ...

*''Langs bygdevegen'' (1960) With

Vidar Sandbeck Vidar Sandbeck (July 21, 1918 – November 10, 2005) was a Norwegian folk singer, composer, and writer. Sandbeck was born in Åmot, in modest conditions, and suffered from poor health during much of his childhood. He became a prodigy on the viol ...

*''I Vinjes fotspor'' (1960) Travelogue from

Sollia Sollia is a village in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located just up the hill from the Setninga river, about northwest of the town of Koppang and about north of the village of Ringebu. Sollia Church is lo ...

and

Folldal Folldal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Folldal. The municipality was established in 1914 when it was sepa ...

*''Bella Capri'' (1961) *''Folk fra skogene'' (1970) Short stories *''Anna i ødemarka'' (1972) *''Tater-Milla'' (1974) *''Barnet Gud glemte'' (1979) *''Femundsmarka'' (1979) With Ragnar Frislid og Per Hohle *''Gunnhild fra skogene'' (1982) *''Furer i fedrelandet'' (1984). Illustrated by

*''Kvinner på veg og vidde'' (1986) *''Villmark og vinløv'' (1988) Illustrated by

and others *''Det rotfaste folket'' (1990) Illustrated by

and others *''Hurra for livet'' (1991) *''Viser ved vegen'' (1994)

References

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