Sigurd Senje
Sigurd Senje was a Norwegian non-fiction writer, novelist and children's writer from Oslo. His writings focused on nature descriptions, local history and World War II.
Senje lectured in secondary school for many years, until he became a full-time writer in 1972.
Among his World War II books are Dum Dum Kuler from 1973 and Forræder Skutt from 1981. Ekko Fra Skriktjenn from 1983 treated the Feldmann case, and was the basis for the 1984 film Over Grensen.
Among his books on local history are Østmarka from 1974, a book on Akerselva from 1977, and Vi i Østensjøbyen from 1985. His musical Spillet om Sarabråten from 1976 has been performed annually at Sarabråten at Nøklevann, Oslo. He was awarded the Ministry of Culture's prize for Sleiven finner kursen from 1959.
