Background
Einar Østvedt was born in Skien in Telemark, Norway.
Einar Østvedt was born in Skien in Telemark, Norway.
He studied at the University of Oslo, graduating with his candidate.philol. He studied in the United Kingdom in 1948, Harvard University in 1955, at Rome in 1963 and Copenhagen during 1964.
During 1927-1928, he was resident student at the University of Besançon. degree in 1930 and dr.philos. in 1946. He worked as a teacher in Skien from 1931 to 1971, except for a number of leaves. He published the book Telemark i norsk malerkunst in 1942, with illustrations by Harald Kihle.
In 1946 he published his diaries from imprisonment during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
His thesis from 1946 was a treatment on Christian Magnus Falsen. In 1963 he published a biography of Dyre Vaa, and also the book Fløtning i Telemark gjennom 300 år.
He wrote several works on Henrik Ibsen, including twelve books