Minister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education

Norwegian literature festival at Maihaugsalen featuring poetry, author conversations, and anniversary celebrations.

Norwegian Literature Festival

Maihaugsalen

A one-man show based on Johan-Olov Johansson's short story of the same name from the book Strange People (1934). Performed by Lars Hjertner.
The blacksmith and fiddler Bjurbäcken puts music making above work in the forge. He meets love in the beautiful Anna-Greta, but everything changes when the revival, in the preacher Axel Herman's jubilant hymn, reaches the mill. Bjurbäcken becomes a pawn in the game between heaven and hell and the fiddle is labeled as the key to all evil..!

Minister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education

Einar Larsson

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2 - 6 Jun, 2026

Norwegian Literature Festival · Maihaugsalen

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