Gøsta af Geijerstam

He studied in Munich, Paris and Berlin, and settled in Norway permanently in 1913, in which year he also married singer Astri Smith.

He debuted in with sketches of hunting scenes, in Krigare och Björnjägare ("warriors and bear-hunters", 1916), followed by Finska bataljonen ("Finnish battalion", 1922) and Ormgutten, Roald og jeg (1922).

His novels Inger (1924), Iva Storgaarden (1926) and Hulder-Berret (1928) depicted the life of farmers in Gudbrandsdalen.

He illustrated several books, and he was commissioned for the decoration of the Catholic churches of Haugesund, Tromsø and Trondheim.

His friendship with author Sigrid Undset was documented by his daughter, Sunniva af Geijerstam Hagenlund (b.

Gøsta af Geijerstam