Per Gynt

Per Gynt's home in the folklore is traditionally claimed to have been Nordre Hågå farm in Sødorp parish at Nord-Fron in the county of Oppland.

[2] The tales encompass the themes of identity, relationships and personal stories from a lonely hunter.

[3][4][5][6] The fairy-tale was recorded by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in Norwegian Folktales (Norske Huldre-Eventyr og Folkesagn) which was first published in 1845.

Ibsen added considerable material, such as Per Gynt travelling to Africa, crossing the Sahara and meeting with a Bedouin princess – 19th-century themes far beyond the scope of the original fairy-tale.

The play appeared on stage in 1876, accompanied by incidental music by composer Edvard Grieg, who later prepared the Peer Gynt Suites.