Career
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.
He was awarded Her Majesty The King"s Medal of Merit (gold) in 1989.
Villmark og vinløv (1988) and others Det rotfaste folket (1990) and others
