Gösta af Geijerstam
Gøsta af Geijerstam (22 August 1888 – 20 August 1954, also Gösta, Gustaf) was a Swedish-Norwegian author and painter. • Illustration — Gøsta af Geijerstam His family moved from Stockholm to Dale, Sogn og Fjordane in 1905, where he spent most of his life. He studied in Munich, Paris and Berlin, and settled in Norway permanently in 1913, in which year he also married singer Astri Smith. He debuted in with sketches of hunting scenes, in Krigare och Björnjägare ("warriors and bear-hunters", 1916), followed by Finska bataljonen ("Finnish battalion", 1922) and Ormgutten, Roald og jeg (1922).
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Gösta af Geijerstam
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- Born
- 1888 · Hedvig Eleonora parish.
- Died
- 1954 · Fjaler Municipality.
- Nationality
- Norway · Sweden
- Occupation
- painter · writer · soldier
- Education
- Valand School of Fine Arts
- Languages
- Swedish
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Gøsta af Geijerstam (22 August 1888 – 20 August 1954, also Gösta, Gustaf) was a Swedish-Norwegian author and painter. • Illustration — Gøsta af Geijerstam His family moved from Stockholm to Dale, Sogn og Fjordane in 1905, where he spent most of his life. He studied in Munich, Paris and Berlin, and settled in Norway permanently in 1913, in which year he also married singer Astri Smith. He debuted in with sketches of hunting scenes, in Krigare och Björnjägare ("warriors and bear-hunters", 1916), followed by Finska bataljonen ("Finnish battalion", 1922) and Ormgutten, Roald og jeg (1922).
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Born at Hedvig Eleonora parish in 1888, died in Fjaler Municipality in 1954.
Gösta af Geijerstam studied at Valand School of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Swedish.
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