Johan Bojer

Born in Orkdal, Norway, in 1872, Johan Bojer became one of the country’s most widely read novelists and dramatists. He wrote about ordinary people facing hard choices, and many of his best-known books draw on coastal and rural life in Norway.

Bojer spent long periods in Paris during the early part of his career, but his fiction stayed closely connected to Norwegian communities and social questions. He gained international attention, and works such as Den siste viking (The Last of the Vikings) helped secure his lasting reputation.

He died in 1959. Today he is remembered for clear, powerful storytelling and for giving dignity and depth to the lives of fishermen, farmers, and emigrants.