Sigrid Undset's home Bjerkebæk in Lillehammer

Q: Hva er Bjerkebæk på Lillehammer?

Bjerkebæk er Sigrid Undsets dikterhjem og stedet der hun skrev noen av sine mest kjente verk. Her kan du oppleve atmosfæren i de gamle tømmerhusene og se rommene der hun levde og arbeidet.

Q: Hvordan kan jeg oppleve Bjerkebæk som besøkende?

Du kan bli med på omvisning i dikterhjemmet og høre om Sigrid Undsets liv og arbeidsmåte. I publikumsbygningen vises utstillinger og filmer, og du finner også butikk og kafé.

Q: Hvor ligger Bjerkebæk, og hvordan kommer jeg dit?

Bjerkebæk ligger i gangavstand fra Lillehammer sentrum og jernbanestasjonen, omtrent 30 minutters spasertur. Adressen er Sigrid Undsetsveg 16E, 2615 Lillehammer.

The home of the Nobel Laureate Sigrid Undset. .

Visit the home of Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) is among Norway's most popular authors. She was born in Kalundborg in Denmark in 1882 and came to Norway when she was two years old. Sigrid Undset moved to Lillehammer in 1919, where she created a unique home consisting of two old timer buildings that were moved from farms further up in the Gudbrandsdalen valley. Around the homes she built a beautiful garden. She called the site Bjerkebæk. Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) is one of our most read authors. Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg in Denmark in 1882 and came to Norway when she was two years old.

Nobel Prize of Literature in 1928

The medieval novels about Kristin Lavrandsdatter (1920-1922) and Olav Audunsson (1925-1927) were written while she lived at Bjerkebæk. Sigrid was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1928 for these works. In 1940 Sigrid Undset was forced to leave Norway due to her strong criticisme of Nazism. She lived in the US during the war and fought tirelessly for Norway and the allies in articles and lectures. After the war she returned to Bjerkebæk, which had been vandalised by the occupiers.

In 1919 Sigrid Undset moved to Lillehammer where she lived with her three children. She created a distinctive home in two old log houses which had been moved from old farms in Gudbrandsdalen. The houses were surrounded by a beautiful garden. Sigrid Undset called her home Bjerkebæk.