Peter Lykke-Seest Explained

Peter Lykke-Seest
Birth Date:26 September 1869
Birth Place:Christiania, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Children:Esben Lykke-Seest
Occupation:poet
novelist
playwright
non-fiction writer
script writer
film director

Peter Lykke-Seest (26 September 1868  - 4 February 1948) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer, script writer and film director.

He was born in Christiania as a son of wholesaler Jens Peter Seest and Caroline Christiane Frederikke Thy.[1] He was married to the actress and writer Lila Lykke-Seest.[1] [2]

He made his literary debut in 1896 with the poetry collection Hvide nætter, and published the novel Under Paddehatten in 1898. His most popular film was Historien om en gut from 1919. He published a book on the trial against Vidkun Quisling in 1945.[1] [3]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Peter Lykke-Seest . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Gunnar . Iversen . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 22 September 2011.
  2. Rolland . Asle . 2007-03-06 . Bedre enn sitt rykte? Om tilfredsheten med de utskjelte offentlige tjenestene . Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift . 24 . 1 . 93–98 . 10.18261/issn1504-3053-2007-01-09 . 0800-336X.
  3. Encyclopedia: Peter Lykke-Seest . Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 22 September 2011.