Åsmund Sveen Explained

Åsmund Sveen
Birth Date:28 April 1910
Birth Place:Elverum, Norway
Occupation:Poet
Novelist
Literary critic

Åsmund Sveen (28 April 1910 31 January 1963) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic. He was born in Elverum. Among his poetry collections are Andletet from 1932 and Eros syng from 1935. He published the novel Svartjord in 1937.

In the legal purge in Norway after World War II Sveen was sentenced to several years imprisonment.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Åsmund Sveen . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Jan Olav . Gatland . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 7 November 2012.
  2. Encyclopedia: Åsmund Sveen . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 7 November 2012.