Sigrid Undset

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1969
  • Latest Book:
    March 2014
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Full Series List in Order

Kristin Lavransdatter

1 - The Bridal Wreath (Oct-1981)
2 - The Mistress of Husaby (Oct-1978)
3 - The Cross (May-1984)

Master of Hestviken

1 - The Axe (Dec-1994)
2 - The Snake Pit (Dec-1994)
3 - In the Wilderness (Jun-1995)
4 - The Son Avenger (Jun-1995)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Four Stories

  • Master of Hestviken

  • The Mistress of Husaby

    Kristin Lavransdatter - 2

    The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway ...

  • The Bridal Wreath

    Kristin Lavransdatter - 1

    “[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” -- SlateA Penguin ClassicKristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of...

  • The Cross

    Kristin Lavransdatter - 3

    In this heart-wrenching novel by Sigrid Undset, The Cross brings Kristin’s story to a close as the final years of her life are consumed by the Black Death, in the final installment in the well-known Norwegian trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter.Kristin ...

  • The Snake Pit

    Master of Hestviken - 2

    Set in medieval Norway, The Snake Pit follows Olav and Ingunn, who, though raised as brother sister, have become lovers in a world caught between the fading sphere of pagan worship and vendettas and the expansion of Christianity. Olav Audunsson an...

  • The Axe

    Master of Hestviken - 1

    Set in thirteenth-century Norway, a land racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas, The Axe is the first volume in Sigrid Undset's epic tetralogy, The Master of Hestviken. In it we meet Olav Audunsson and Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, who w...

  • In the Wilderness

    Master of Hestviken - 3

    It is Norway in the thirteenth century, a land rent by unremitting warfare and feebly lit by Christianity. Olav Audunsson was once an outlaw; now he is a man of wealth and stature. But he is haunted by the memory of crimes for which there is no easy ...

  • The Son Avenger

    Master of Hestviken - 4

    Powerfully written and filled with magnificent vignettes of the daily life of a medieval estate, 'The Son Avenger' suggests a Greek tragedy whose vision of fate coexists with a Christian sense of suffering and forgiveness. And in the somber, twilight...



  • Gunnar's Daughter

    The first historical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter

    A Penguin Classic

    More than a decade before writing Kristin Lavransdatter, the trilogy about fourteenth-century Norway that won her the Nobel Prize, ...

  • Jenny

    According to Wikipedia: "Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 " 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. I...

  • Ida Elisabeth

    In an effort to redeem her reputation, Ida Elisabeth imprudently marries her teenage sweetheart, Frithjof. Early in their marriage, she realizes that her charming husband is too irresponsible to support the family and sews dresses to make ends meet. ...

  • Sigurd and His Brave Companions

    Inspired by tales of the hero Vilmund Vidutan and his fellow knights, Sigurd Jonsson and his young friends Ivar and Helge set out to reenact these exploits on their medieval Norwegian farm. They carve swords and lances and spend hours making shiel...

  • True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales

    A selection of Norwegian folktales chosen by Sigrid Undset, True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales is based on the classic folklore collected by Pieter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. These wonderful stories tell of worlds similar to our own...

  • Marta Oulie

    “I have been unfaithful to my husband.” Marta Oulie’s opening line scandalized Norwegian readers in 1907. And yet, Sigrid Undset had a gift for depicting modern women “sympathetically but with merciless truthfulness,” as the Swedish Acad...

Award-Winning Books by Sigrid Undset

The Cross
2001 PEN Literary Award -- Translation


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sigrid Undset has published 15 books.

Sigrid Undset does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Marta Oulie, was published in March 2014.

The first book by Sigrid Undset, Four Stories, was published in June 1969.

Yes. Sigrid Undset has 2 series.
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