Dagfinn Grønoset

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Dagfinn Grønoset (April 4, 1920 – January 28, 2008) was a journalist and writer born in Trysil, Norway, and living in Elverum most of his life. He is known for his books about wilderness and people living off the beaten track. His literary debut was Vandring i villmark from 1952. Anna i Ødemarka from 1972 became one of the biggest commercial successes for Norwegian publishing houses, and is later translated into fourteen languages, issued in seventeen countries.^[1]

He was awarded HM The King's Medal of Merit (gold) in 1989.

[edit] Selected bibliography

• Vandring i villmark (1952) Biographic reports from Femundsmarka
• Finnskog og trollskap (1953). Also film
• Gull i sporet (1956) Biography of cross-country skier and Olympic champion Hallgeir Brenden
• Nitahå-Jussi (1957) Biografi of an eccentric from Finnskogen, the "Forest of the Finns"
• Med kong Olav mot nord (1959)
• Villmarksfolk (1959) Illustrated by Kjell Aukrust
• Langs bygdevegen (1960) With Vidar Sandbeck
• I Vinjes fotspor (1960) Travelogue from Sollia and Folldal
• Bella Capri (1961)
• Folk fra skogene (1970) Short stories
• Anna i ødemarka (1972)
• Tater-Milla (1974)
• Barnet Gud glemte (1979)
• Femundsmarka (1979) With Ragnar Frislid og Per Hohle
• Gunnhild fra skogene (1982)
• Furer i fedrelandet (1984). Illustrated by Kjell Aukrust
• Kvinner på veg og vidde (1986)
• Villmark og vinløv (1988) Illustrated by Kjell Aukrust and others
• Det rotfaste folket (1990) Illustrated by Kjell Aukrust and others
• Hurra for livet (1991)
• Viser ved vegen (1994)

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