About Åsmund Sveen
Lived 1910 – 1963 (aged 52). Åsmund Sveen was a Norwegian poet and writer.
Åsmund Sveen (28 April 1910 31 January 1963) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic. He was born in Elverum Municipality. Among his poetry collections are Andletet from 1932 and Eros syng from 1935. He published the novel Svartjord in 1937.
In the legal purge in Norway after World War II Sveen was sentenced to several years imprisonment.
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Who was Åsmund Sveen?
poet (1910–1963)
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Åsmund Sveen was born on 28 April 1910 in Elverum Municipality.
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Åsmund Sveen died on 31 January 1963 in Oslo.
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Åsmund Sveen was a poet and writer.
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Åsmund Sveen was Norwegian.
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