When Marta Kristiane Olsdatter was born in 1880, in Skudenes, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Ole Monsen, was 26 and her mother, Gurine Kristensdatter, was 23. She married Edvard Kristian Asbjornsen in 1905, in Åkra, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 21 December 1962, at the age of 82.
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Birth year of Sigrid Undset. Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter.
Birth year of Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Birth year of Åsta Holth. Well-known Norwegian author who was born at Svullrya in Hedmark county. She was of Forest Finnish descent. Many of her written works were about the residents of Finnskogen. Norwegian novelist, poet and short story writer.
contracted form of Märeta, an obsolete variant of Merete . The name is also popular in Sweden.
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