Why did Profil group writers mix documentary material with fiction?

The Profil group, a collective of radical writers active in Norway during the late 1960s and 1970s, incorporated documentary material into their fiction to advance their commitment to politically engaged and socially revolutionary literature.1

These authors were united by a shared belief in the Maoist interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, and they utilized this hybrid narrative style—exemplified by works such as Tor Obrestad’s Sauda! Streik! (1972)—to ground their creative writing in the realities of social and political struggle. By blending factual documentation with fiction, they sought to create literature that served as a direct tool for social critique and political mobilization.1