Edvard Welle-Strand (1 May 1884[1] – 10 March 1965[2]) was a Norwegian journalist and novelist.
Career
editEdvard Welle-Strand was born in Vesterålen, Norway.[3] Welle-Strand wrote newspaper articles from his district in 1900, sending them to the newspaper Nidaros in Trondhjem. In 1905, he was hired by Nidaros.[4] He later studied journalism in Berlin.[3] In 1909 he published his first book Fra havskjær og fjellvidde, a collection of tales.[5][6] He worked in Hvepsen,[7] and from 1910 to 1936, he worked as a subeditor in the newspaper Bergens Aftenblad. From time to time, he had assignments as a foreign correspondent; covering Petrograd in 1917 and Finland in 1918. He also contributed to Mikal Sylten's anti-Semitic magazine Nationalt Tidsskrift and to Sylten's likewise tinted Christmas magazine Nordisk Jul. Welle-Strand, who was a staunch anti-Semite and believed in Jewish financial domination conspiracies, was one of the most prolific non-pseudonymous contributors apart from Sylten himself, and had his most active period in Nationalt Tidsskrift in 1921.[3] He also continued to publish novels, especially during the 1910s and 1920s.[5][6]
From 1937 to 1940 he edited and published the magazines Vi Reiser and Fiskermagasinet, and from 1940 to 1941 Bergens Illustrerte.[4] Also, his last known contribution to Nationalt Tidsskrift came in 1940, a short story.[3] In 1940 Norway was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany, but the Nazi authorities arrested Welle-Strand on 14 January 1942 as a "hostage", and incarcerated him at Grini concentration camp from 16 January to 23 March.[1] Edvard's son Erling Welle-Strand, whom he had together with Elsa Kielland Lindhé (1888–1979), was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement; from 1944 in the Norwegian Independent Company 1.[8] Edvard's granddaughter Ragni (b. 1946) was married to famous writer Edvard Hoem from 1982 to 1995.[9] Another son Erik Welle-Strand was a resistance member too.[10]
Welle-Strand continued to publish books after the war, from the 1950s concentrating on non-fiction books about Knut Hamsun. His last recorded release came in 1964.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 51.
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- ^ a b c d Brattelid, Kristin (2004). Mikal Sylten. Et antisemittisk livsprosjekt. University of Oslo: Institute of Archaeology, Conservation and History. pp. 44–46.
- ^ a b Genealogical entry for Edvard Welle-Strand
- ^ a b c "Edvard Welle-Strand" (in Norwegian). Litteraturnett Nord-Norge. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ a b c List of publications in BIBSYS
- ^ Bjørnson, Øyvind (1990). På klassekampens grunn 1900-1920. Volume two of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 280. ISBN 82-10-02752-2.
- ^ Evensen, Knut. "Erling Welle-Strand". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Rottem, Øystein. "Edvard Hoem". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Ask, Øyvind (23 July 2001). "Litt alvor og litt skjemt". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian).