Lillehammer

Lillehammer is a town and municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway.

Famous Residents

Sigrid Undset lived in Lillehammer at her home 'Bjerkebaek' from 1919 through 1940. She brought her children with her for her for a short rest, planning on returning to Oslo. However she chose to remain in Lillehammer. She wrote her most famous works there: the three-volume "Kristin Lavransdatter" and the four-volume "Olav Audunssønn". In 1940, because she had expressed strong anti-Nazi sentiments since the early 30s, she fled Lillehammer before the German invasion of Norway reached there. She returned to Lillehammer after the war and died there in 1949. She is buried at the cemetary in Mesnalia.

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