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Gøsta af Geijerstam (22 August 1888 – 20 August 1954, also ''Gösta, Gustaf'') was a Swedish-Norwegian author and painter.
His family moved from Stockholm to Dale, Sogn og Fjordane in 1905, where he spent most of his life. He studied in Munich, Paris and Berlin, and settled in Norway permanently in 1913, in which year he also married singer Astri Smith.
He debuted in with sketches of hunting scenes, in ''Krigare och Björnjägare'' ("warriors and bear-hunters", 1916), followed by ''Finska bataljonen'' ("Finnish battalion", 1922) and ''Ormgutten, Roald og jeg'' (1922). His novels ''Inger'' (1924), ''Iva Storgaarden'' (1926) and '' Hulder-Berret'' (1928) depicted the life of farmers in
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geijerstam, Gosta af 1888 births 1954 deaths Painters from Stockholm Swedish emigrants to Norway Norwegian male writers 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century male artists 20th-century Norwegian painters
His family moved from Stockholm to Dale, Sogn og Fjordane in 1905, where he spent most of his life. He studied in Munich, Paris and Berlin, and settled in Norway permanently in 1913, in which year he also married singer Astri Smith.
He debuted in with sketches of hunting scenes, in ''Krigare och Björnjägare'' ("warriors and bear-hunters", 1916), followed by ''Finska bataljonen'' ("Finnish battalion", 1922) and ''Ormgutten, Roald og jeg'' (1922). His novels ''Inger'' (1924), ''Iva Storgaarden'' (1926) and '' Hulder-Berret'' (1928) depicted the life of farmers in Gudbrandsdalen
Gudbrandsdalen (; ) is a valley and Districts of Norway, traditional district in the Norway, Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer (town), Lillehammer and the lake ...
. He published an autobiography, ''Ongene og vi to i Storevik'', in 1937.
His paintings and drawings are distinctly romantic, with a mood of mystery and magic.
He illustrated several books, and he was commissioned for the decoration of the Catholic churches of
Haugesund, Tromsø and Trondheim.
His friendship with author Sigrid Undset
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Born in Den ...
was documented by his daughter, Sunniva af Geijerstam Hagenlund (b. 1929) in a 1994 publication.
References
*''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'', vol. 2, Malmö, 1952, pp. 276–77. * H. Vollmer, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX Jahrhunderts'', Leipzig, 1955, Vol. 2, p. 218. *Glenny Alfsen, "Gøsta Af Geijerstam" in ''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'' (1982/6). *Morten Moi, "Gösta af Geijerstam" in ''Store norske leksikon
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''.
*Sunniva af Geijerstam Hagenlund, ''Portrett av et vennskap'', Oslo: Aschehoug forlag (1994).
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geijerstam, Gosta af 1888 births 1954 deaths Painters from Stockholm Swedish emigrants to Norway Norwegian male writers 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century male artists 20th-century Norwegian painters