Aasta Falkberget

Aasta Falkberget (March 15, 1905 – March 3, 1983) was a Norwegian writer and painter. Family Aasta Falkberget was born in Røros, Norway, the daughter of the writer Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) and his wife Anna Marie Skjølsvold (1880–1960). She was the sister of the actor Magnus Falkberget. She was first married on October 14, 1926 in Røros Church to the pastor Aksel Sæsbøe (1893–1972) and she was called Aasta Vaarsnø Falkberget at the time of the marriage. That marriage was later dissolved. She married for the second time in 1940 to Sverre Alfred Fredriksen (1910–1990). Life and work Falkberget wrote small contributions for newspapers and magazines early in her career. Her literary debut is considered a story that was published in Arbeidermagasinet no. 4 in 1928. That same year, she contributed to the Norwegian Missionary Society's Christmas publication.