# Sigurd Christiansen

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Norwegian novelist and playwright

Sigurd Christiansen Born (1891-11-17)17 November 1891 Drammen, Norway Died 23 October 1947(1947-10-23) (aged 55) Drammen, Norway Occupations novelist and playwright Notable work To levende og en død (1931) Awards Gyldendal's Endowment (1940)

**Sigurd Christiansen** (17 November 1891 – 23 October 1947) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel *Seieren* in 1915.

His literary breakthrough was the trilogy *Indgangen* (1925), *Sverdene* (1927) and *Riket* (1929).

His novel *[To levende og en død](/source/To_levende_og_en_d%C3%B8d_(novel))* (1931) won first prize in a competition, and was later made into three films: [Norwegian](/source/To_levende_og_en_d%C3%B8d_(film)),[1] [Czechoslovak](/source/A_Dead_Man_Among_the_Living) and [British-Swedish](/source/Two_Living%2C_One_Dead).

Christiansen was awarded [Gyldendal's Endowment](/source/Gyldendal's_Endowment) in 1940.

He was born and died in [Drammen, Norway](/source/Drammen%2C_Norway).[2]

## Works

Sigurd Christiansen

- *Seieren* (1915)

- *Thomas Hergel* (1917)

- *Vort eget liv* (1918)

- *Offerdøden* : skuespil i fire akter (1919)

- *Døperen* (1921)

- *Blodet* (1923)

- *Indgangen* (1925)

- *Edmund Jahr* (1926)

- *Sverdene* (1927)

- *Riket* (1929)

- *[To levende og en død](/source/To_levende_og_en_d%C3%B8d_(novel))* (1931)

- *En reise i natten* (1931)

- *Dydens have* (1932)

- *Agner i stormen* (1933)

- *Drømmen og livet* (1935) (trilogy *Jørgen Wendt 1*)

- *Det ensomme hjerte* (1938) (trilogy *Jørgen Wendt 2*)

- *Mannen fra bensinstasjonen* (1941)

- *Menneskenes lodd* (1945) (trilogy *Jørgen Wendt 3*)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-snl_1-0)** [Hans H. Skei](/source/Hans_H._Skei) (2007). ["Sigurd_Wesley_Christiansen"](http://www.snl.no/Sigurd_Wesley_Christiansen). *[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)* (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160228/filmotype)

## External links

- [Works by or about Sigurd Christiansen](https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Christiansen%2C%20Sigurd%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Sigurd%20Christiansen%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Christiansen%2C%20Sigurd%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Sigurd%20Christiansen%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Sigurd%20Christiansen%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Christiansen%2C%20Sigurd%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Sigurd%20Christiansen%22%29%20OR%20%28%221891-1947%22%20AND%20Christiansen%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)

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