Kristin Lavransdatter

Kristin Lavransdatter (The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross)
1935 Knopf edition
AuthorSigrid Undset
Original titleKristin Lavransdatter (Kransen, Husfrue, Korset)
Translator
  • Charles Archer (in three volumes, 1923–27); with J.S. Scott (Kransen only)
  • Tiina Nunnally (in three volumes, 1997–2000)
Cover artistMatthew Joseph Peak
LanguageNorwegian
GenreHistorical fiction, family saga
PublisherAschehoug
Publication date
1920, 1921, 1922
Publication placeNorway
ISBN0-394-43262-2
OCLC17486375
Preceded byThe Master of Hestviken 

Kristin Lavransdatter is a trilogy of historical novels written by Sigrid Undset. The individual novels are Kransen (The Wreath), first published in 1920, Husfrue (The Wife), published in 1921, and Korset (The Cross), published in 1922. Kransen and Husfrue were translated from the original Norwegian as The Bridal Wreath and The Mistress of Husaby, respectively, in the first English translation by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott.

This work formed the basis of Undset receiving the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded to her "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages".[1] Her work is much admired for its historical and ethnological accuracy.

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1928". Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 27 July 2012.