Trygve Gulbranssen

Trygve Gulbranssen

Trygve Emanuel Gulbranssen (baptized Trygve Emanuel Gulbrandsen; 15 June 1894 – 10 October 1962) was a Norwegian novelist, businessman and journalist. Gulbranssen is best known for writing the Bjørndal Trilogy – Og bakom synger skogene (1933), published in English as Beyond Sing the Woods; and Det blåser fra Dauingfjell (1934) and Ingen vei går utenom (1935), collectively translated under the English title The Wind from the Mountains. His books were well received by critics and readers alike, and they have been translated into over 30 languages and sold more than 12 million copies. At one point prior to the outbreak of World War II, the popularity of the Trilogy made Gulbranssen the fourth-bestselling author worldwide, and the success of the American editions of his work secured for him the distinction of being the only Scandinavian author of fiction to be included in the prestigious List of Books Chosen for the White House – a collection of works of literature selected by U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Trygve Gulbranssen has received more than 35,116 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Trygve Gulbranssen is the 1,867th most popular writer (down from 1,541st in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Norway (down from 91st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Norwegian Writer.