Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land

Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land is a novel by Dag Solstad published in 1982. The title translates as Gymnasium Teacher Pedersen's Account of the Great Political Awakening Which Has Haunted Our Country.

The novel tells the story of the young history teacher Knut Pedersen and his involvement with the Maoist movement, more specifically that associated with Workers' Communist Party in Larvik in the early 1970s.

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted for the screen in 2006 as Comrade Pedersen, directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp. The film was a box office hit, and has led to renewed public debate about the role of Workers' Communist Party in the forming of contemporary Norwegian society.

References

Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land / Dag Solstad. [Oslo] : Oktober, c1982. 282 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 82-7094-359-2