Eivind Tverbak (4 April 1897, in

Sørfold Sørfold is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages in the municipality include Leirfjordgården, ...

Salten Salten is a traditional district in Nordland county, Norway. It includes the municipalities of Meløy, Gildeskål, Bodø, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen, and Hamarøy. Salten covers an area of about and has a population (2016) ...

– 1982) was a Norwegian novelist and children's writer from

. He wrote several novels from fishermen's life in Northern Norway. He has also written books for children. He was awarded the

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated w ...

in 1957.

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1897 births 1982 deaths People from Sørfold Norwegian children's writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{norway-writer-stub