I Did It Norway!

Non-Fiction, Biographies / Memoirs

Norwegians adore challenges and life in the Great Outdoors and Alva Gehrmann leaps head first into this adventurous world: she sets off into the choppy seas, accompanies a Sami family on a reindeer hike, and participates in music festivals in the midst of lonely mountain landscapes. The author speaks with members of the royal family, philosophizes with authors - such as Jostein Gaarder, and stands on the pier as Roald Asmundsen’s ship Maud finally returns home after 100 years… She did it Norway!


Alva Gehrmann

Alva Gehrmann, born in 1973, studied history of art, business management and journalism in Berlin. She has travelled to the northernmost corners of Europe to research the stories and travel reports she writes for Die Zeit, Financial Times, FAZ and Spiegel Online, to name but a few

I Did It Norway!

Norwegians adore challenges and life in the Great Outdoors and Alva Gehrmann leaps head first into this adventurous world: she sets off into the choppy seas, accompanies a Sami family on a reindeer hike, and participates in music festivals in the midst of lonely mountain landscapes. The author speaks with members of the royal family, philosophizes with authors - such as Jostein Gaarder, and stands on the pier as Roald Asmundsen’s ship Maud finally returns home after 100 years… She did it Norway!


Bibliographic Data
304 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-26215-6
First published 2019