Cause for Novelist Sigrid Undset's Canonization Expected to Open in Fall

Cause for novelist Sigrid Undset's canonization expected to open in fall

OSV News) — Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8. “She is far more than an author and Nobel Prize laureate. For us, she is a model of Christian faith, of a life lived in virtue and of the pursuit of holiness,” Bishop Hansen said of Undset during a Mass where he made the announcement. “She showed a constant and practical …

Cause for novelist Sigrid Undset’s canonization expected to open in fall

(OSV News) — Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8. Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo, Norway, announced July 8, 2026. Undset is pictured in an undated portrait. (OSV News photo/Aage Remfeldt/Aage Rasmussen vi…

Diocese of Oslo to Open Canonization Cause for Nobel Laureate Sigrid Undset

Announced during the feast of St. Sunniva on the island of Selja, the cause for the celebrated novelist and Catholic convert is expected to open its diocesan...

Bishop to open canonisation cause for Nobel laureate

Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo, Norway, has announced that he will open a canonisation cause for Sigrid Undset, setting one of Scandinaviaʼs most celebrated literary figures on the path toward possible sainthood. Source: EWTN News.