Jakob Sande

Jakob Sande
Background information
Born(1906-12-01)1 December 1906
Died16 March 1967(1967-03-16) (aged 60)
Occupation(s)writer, poet and folk singer
Years active1929–1965

Jakob Sande (1 December 1906 – 16 March 1967) was a Norwegian writer, poet and folk singer from Dale in Sunnfjord. His parents were Andreas Sande and Ragna Margrete (born Barsnes). He married Solveig Ytterlid in 1942 and they had a daughter, Siri, in 1943.

He wrote all his texts in Nynorsk, one of the two official Norwegian written language forms. His work helped secure a special place on the Norwegian culture-scene for the municipality Fjaler.