Gunnar Larsen

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Gunnar Larsen
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BornGunnar Otterbech Larsen
1900
Oslo
Died 1958
Oslo
Occupation Editor in Chief
Employer Dagbladet
Known for Journalist and Novelist

Gunnar Otterbech Larsen (5 February 1900 in Oslo – 5 November 1958) was a Norwegian journalist, writer, and translator.

Oslo Place in Østlandet, Norway

Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence, and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 it functioned as a co-official capital. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city's name was spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1897 by state and municipal authorities. In 1925 the city was renamed Oslo.

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His first novel, I sommer, was published in 1932. It was followed by To mistenkelige personer (1933), a crime novel based on actual events that took place in 1926. To mistenkelige personer was praised by many critics, including Sigurd Hoel. [2] Both I sommer and To mistenkelige personer were inspired by Ernest Hemingway's writings. [2]

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Larsen's third novel, Week-end i evigheten (1934), was much more experimental. [1] His later novels were Bull (1938) and Sneen som falt i fjor (1948). His poetry has been published in the books Dikt (1959) and En avismanns samlede poesi (2000).

A film version of To mistenkelige personer was directed by Tancred Ibsen in 1950, but showing the film in public was forbidden in the Supreme Court of Norway in 1952, in order to protect one of the persons whose story it was based on. In 2007, the film was allowed to be shown in public again. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Larsen, Gunnar Otterbech". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). 9. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2006. p. 363.
  2. 1 2 (in Norwegian) Haagen Ringnes: "Den boken skulle jeg gjerne ha skrevet!". Article in 1983 edition of To mistenkelige personer by Gunnar Larsen (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag).
  3. ↑ "Forbudt film frigjøres for offentligheten: To mistenkelige personer". Norsk Filminstitutt (in Norwegian). 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-19.


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