Kristofer Oliver Uppdal

Kristofer Oliver Uppdal (born February 19, 1878, Beitstad, Norway—died December 26, 1961, Oppdal) was a working-class Norwegian novelist whose major work is the 10-volume Dansen gjenom skuggeheimen (1911–24; “The Dance Through the World of Shadows”), which deals with the development of the Norwegian industrial working class from its peasant origin. Uppdal was the heir to a farm, but his father went bankrupt. The future novelist began at age nine to support himself by working as...