Oslo

===Literature===
Most great Norwegian authors have lived in Oslo for some period in their life. For instance, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]]-winning author [[Sigrid Undset]] grew up in Oslo, and described her life there in the autobiographical novel ''Elleve år'' (1934; translated as ''The Longest Years''; New York 1971).

The playwright [[Henrik Ibsen]] is probably the most famous Norwegian author. Ibsen wrote plays such as ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', ''[[Peer Gynt]]'', ''[[A Doll's House]]'' and ''[[The Lady from the Sea]]''. The [[Ibsen quotes, Oslo|Ibsen Quotes]] project completed in 2008 is a work of art consisting of 69 Ibsen quotations in stainless steel lettering which have been set into the granite sidewalks of the city's central streets.<ref name=okland>{{cite web |title=Ibsen som jålete graffiti |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/article2645410.ece |last=Økland |first=Ingunn |date=10 September 2008 |work=[[Aftenposten]] |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504062414/http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/article2645410.ece |archive-date=4 May 2011 }}</ref>

In recent years, novelists like [[Lars Saabye Christensen]], [[Tove Nilsen]], [[Suresh Chandra Shukla]], [[Jo Nesbø]] and [[Roy Jacobsen]] have described the city and its people in their novels. Early 20th-century literature from Oslo include poets [[Rudolf Nilsen]] and [[André Bjerke]].