Sjur Bygd

Sjur Bygd was a Norwegian novelist, farmer and local politician. He was born in Vossestrand Municipality, a son of farmer and mayor Eirik Torsteinson Bygd and Ingebjørg Sjursdotter. He made his literary début in 1915, with the short-story collection Fjell-folk. Among his early novels are Holmgang from 1917 and Valplassen from 1921. Bygd and his literary work was portrayed in the periodical Kirke [og Kultur] in 1928, and in Syn og Segn in 1941. He served as mayor in Vossestrand from 1926 to 1934. He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 1976.