Åsmund Sveen (28 April 1910 31 January 1963) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic. He was born in

Elverum Municipality Elverum () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Elverum ( ...

. Among his poetry collections are ''Andletet'' from 1932 and ''Eros syng'' from 1935. He published the novel ''Svartjord'' in 1937. In the

legal purge in Norway after World War II The legal purge in Norway after World War II (; ) took place between May 1945 and August 1948 against anyone who was found to have Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborated with the German occupation of Norway, German occupat ...

Sveen was sentenced to several years imprisonment.

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1910 births 1963 deaths People from Elverum 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Members of Nasjonal Samling People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian male novelists {{Norway-poet-stub