Gunhild is a native Norwegian who takes her name from two valkyries, Gun and Hild, goddesses of war in Norse mythology.
She fights for what she believes in, but she herself feels more like the goddess Saga – a saga-writer or female Bard.
Gunhild has worked in journalism and as a disseminator of research for many years, but in 2013 she achieved her lifelong dream when she published her first novel in Norwegian, ‘Døtre av Norge’, the story of generations of women from one family over a hundred years, told against the background of the battle for female emancipation and equality.
She is currently working on a series of independent novel collectively designated ‘Daughters of Freya’, after the greatest Norse goddess of all.
The first book in the series is the saga of a Viking woman, Freydis Eiriksdatter, who lived in Greenland a thousand years ago. All Gunhild’s books feature:
• Powerful figures from Nordic history
• Strong female protagonists
• Stories based on historical accounts and the author’s imagination
• Myths and deities from the ancient sagas and Norse mythology
• Majestic rugged nature and landscapes
… and of course, the most powerful themes in the world: Life & Death, Love & War.