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Sigrid Undset

Born

in Kalundborg, Denmark

May 20, 1882

Died

June 10, 1949

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Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican. She fled Norway in 1940 because of her opposition to Nazi Germany and the German occupation, but returned after the end of World War II in 1945.

Sigrid Undset received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Most of the praise was for her medieval novels, including the trilogy about Kristin Lavransdatter. This trilogy has been translated into more than 80 languages and is among the world’s most read novels.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 37,298 ratings · 4,490 reviews · 161 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 12,344 ratings — published 1920 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter #1) by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 8,159 ratings — published 1920 — 154 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2) by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally (Editor), Sherrill Harbison (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 4,251 ratings — published 1921 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cross (Kristin Lavransdatter, #3) by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally (Translator), Sherrill Harbison (Introduction), A. Snethlage (translator) 4.33 avg rating — 3,420 ratings — published 1922 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gunnar's Daughter by Sigrid Undset, Sherrill Harbison (Editor), Arthur G. Chater (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 1,669 ratings — published 1909 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catherine of Siena 4.35 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — published 1951 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jenny by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 1,169 ratings — published 1911 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 1,047 ratings — published 1925 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snake Pit (The Master of Hestviken, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1925 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Son Avenger (The Master of Hestviken, #4) 4.50 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1926 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Sigrid Undset

Kristin Lavransdatter (3 books)
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Sigrid Undset,

Tiina Nunnally (Translator),

Sherrill Harbison (Introduction),

A. Snethlage (translator)

4.21 avg rating — 28,276 ratings

The Master of Hestviken (4 books)
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Sigrid Undset

4.30 avg rating — 2,924 ratings

Paul Selmer (2 books)
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Sigrid Undset

4.03 avg rating — 224 ratings

Elleve år og Tolv år (2 books)
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Sigrid Undset

3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings

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“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused--and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.”
― Sigrid Undset

tags: christmas

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“No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love.”
― Sigrid Undset, The Wreath

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“Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate.”
― Sigrid Undset, The Wife

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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz

18 votes, 19.8%

Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

10 votes, 11.0%

The Wreath by Sigrid Undset

8 votes, 8.8%

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