Karl Friedrich Kurz

Karl Friedrich Kurz (23 September 1878 – 26 June 1962) was a Swiss/German/Norwegian novelist.

He led a vagrant life with an extensive travelling activity in among others East Asia and Japan before he settled in Norway where he wrote novels in German.

He was influenced by Knut Hamsun and got inspiration from the nature and folk life in the fjords of Sogn and Sunnfjord.

He first lived in the area of Solund, then near Vadheim in Lavik, before he in 1924 settled in Vårdal in Dalsfjorden in Sunnfjord.

Karl Friedrich Kurz is buried at the churchyard at Holmedal in Dalsfjorden, Sunnfjord.

The residence of Karl Friedrich Kurz, Vårdal, Dalsfjorden, Sunnfjord.
The residence of Karl Friedrich Kurz, Nessjøen, Fjell Kommune, Sotra. The house is now restored and has become a vacation home. The papers he left behind was kept in the barn which dilapidated after his death in 1962
Panorama from Liatårnet mountain on Sotra towards Nessjøen (left in the background) where Karl Friedric Kurz lived his last twelve years.
The tomb of Karl Friedrich Kurz, Holmedal, Dalsfjorden, Sunnfjord. His spouse Emeliana and her sister Rosa Adelheid Peladoni is buried close nearby.