Kristin Lavransdatter

Kristin Lavransdatter (The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross)

1935 Knopf edition
Author	Sigrid Undset
Original title	Kristin Lavransdatter (Kransen, Husfrue, Korset)
Translator	Charles Archer (in three volumes, 1923–27); with J.S. Scott (Kransen only) Tiina Nunnally (in three volumes, 1997–2000)
Cover artist	Matthew Joseph Peak
Language	Norwegian
Genre	Historical fiction, family saga
Publisher	Aschehoug
Publication date	1920, 1921, 1922
Publication place	Norway
ISBN	0-394-43262-2
OCLC	17486375
Preceded by	The Master of Hestviken

Kristin Lavransdatter is a trilogy of historical novels written by Sigrid Undset. The individual novels are Kransen (The Wreath), first published in 1920, Husfrue (The Wife), published in 1921, and Korset (The Cross), published in 1922. Kransen and Husfrue were translated from the original Norwegian as The Bridal Wreath and The Mistress of Husaby, respectively, in the first English translation by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott.

This work formed the basis of Undset receiving the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded to her "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages".^[1] Her work is much admired for its historical and ethnological accuracy.