[citation needed] Aukrust was born in the parish of Lom in Oppland, Norway.
[2][3] Aukrust was a student of the folk college at Romundgard in Sel operated by priest and educator Christopher Bruun (1839–1920).
Aukrust wrote poems with a renewed national romantic style and used a characteristically similar form.
The farm has a large garden and offers the sales of agricultural products during the tourist season.
[10] Sculptor Dyre Vaa designed the Olav Aukrust statue (bronze, 1952) which was installed at Lom in 1952.