Ola Viker

He made his literary debut in 1951 with the novel Gullskoen.^[2][1] His next novels were Månemyra (1953), and Dommerbordet (1955). He wrote a total of eight novels, all with the lawyer "Karl" as protagonist and storyteller.^[3]: 390 There are tales from ancient times, such as the 1600s or 1700s, about thieves, murderers, horse traders, farm workers, wolf hunters and supersticious women, and events like tragic love stories, hard generation conflicts between fathers and sons, suspicious drowning accidents, and border disputes.^[3]: 392 His last five novels are Karl Fortelleren from 1960, Ulvegraven (1961), Kilden (1963), which earned him the Riksmål newspaper Frisprog [no]'s literary prize, Guttorm den gode (1964), and Frostrøyk og morgenrøde (1968).^[1]

He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1963.^[4]

Viker died in Oslo on 20 February 1972, at the age of 74.^[2]