Andreas Eriksen (22 September 1915 – 17 August 1976) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

. His debut novel was the boy's book ''Fire gutter drar nordover'' (1935). The novels ''Etterpå gikk vi hjem'' (1936) and ''Promenade'' (1937), followed; both about school or student life. In 1941 he released the short story collection ''Utkant''. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

he was arrested in January 1944. He was imprisoned in

Bredtveit concentration camp Bredtveit Prison (formally Bredtveit Prison Service, Custody and Supervision Unit, ) is a prison located in the neighborhood of Bredtvet in Oslo, Norway. During World War II it was a concentration camp. Pre-World War II It originated at Bredtv ...

until February,

Grini concentration camp Grini prison camp (, ) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here. History Grini was originally built as a women's prison, near an old croft ...

until July, then

Berg concentration camp Berg interneringsleir (Berg internment camp) was a concentration camp near Tønsberg in Norway that served as an internment and transit center for political prisoners and Jews during the Nazi occupation of Norway. Establishment The camp at Berg ...

until 20 October 1944.

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1915 births 1976 deaths Norwegian male short story writers Norwegian resistance members Bredtveit concentration camp survivors Grini concentration camp survivors Berg concentration camp survivors 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian short story writers 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-novelist-stub