Jørund Telnes (10 January 1845 – 3 February 1892) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher, writer and politician. Today he is most commonly associated with his book ''Soga om Sterke-Nils'' about :no:Sterke-Nils (1722–1800), the legendary strongman from Telemark. Telnes was born at

Seljord Seljord is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Seljord. The pari ...

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

, Norway. He was the son of Nils Sigurdsson Forberg (1815–1874) and Ingebjørg Jørgensdotter Telnes (1825–1916). He was educated at the seminary in

Kviteseid Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseid. The parish ...

and later founded a

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;' ...

. In 1874 he took over the Telnes farm (''Telnes i Seljord herad''). He served as mayor of Seljord from 1878 to 1884. From a young age Telnes wrote poems. He debuted his published writing in 1877. Among his literary works was the poetry collection ''Kvæe'' from 1878 and the song collection ''Guro Heddelid'' which was based on a 14th-century myth.

Selected works

*''Soga om Sterke-Nils '' (1877) *''Kvæe'' (1878) *''Rupe-Ber'' (1878) *''Guro Heddelid'' (1880) *''Vetle Venehaug'' (1887) *''Netar'' (1890)

References

1845 births 1892 deaths People from Seljord 19th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Mayors of places in Telemark Heads of schools in Norway 19th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub