Gerd Nyquist (15 March 1913 – 22 November 1984) was a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.

Biography

She was born in

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. She was married in 1936 with ship broker Arild Otto Nyquist (1911–1974). She was the granddaughter of government minister

Bernhard Brænne Bernhard Cornelius Brænne (12 November 1854 - 7 September 1927) was a Norwegian factory owner and member of the Norwegian Parliament with the Conservative Party. Background Brænne was born in Trondheim, Norway. He was the son of Johan Søre ...

(1854-1927) and the mother of novelist and poet

Arild Nyquist Arild Nyquist (6 March 1937 – 21 December 2004) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, writer of children's books and musician. Biography He was born in Oslo, the son of Arild Otto Nyquist (1911–74) and Gerd Nyquist (1913-84). His father was a sh ...

(1937–2004). Nyquist studied journalism at the

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and history at the

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. During

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she took part in the

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. She was awarded the Defence Medal for her participation in the fight against the

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. She made her literary debut in 1957 with the novel ''Måne over Munkeby''. She is best known for her two crime novels, ''Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster'' from 1960, and ''Stille som i graven '' from 1966 featuring detective Martin Bakke. Both books depict a traditional, bourgeois society from Oslo's west edge. Nyquist had a number of positions and in 1972 was a co-founder and first president of ''Rivertonklubben''.

References

1913 births 1984 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian children's writers Norwegian resistance members Female resistance members of World War II Norwegian women in World War II 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{Norway-writer-stub