Aase of birch trees

Åse Birkenheier (born December 3, 1944 in Tresfjord , Møre og Romsdal , Norway ) is a Norwegian-German translator . From 2010 to 2016 she was the 1st chairwoman of the German-Norwegian Society e. V., Bonn.

School, study

After attending primary school in Tresfjord, secondary school in Vestnes and grammar school in Molde , she graduated from high school in 1964 . From 1965 to 1968 she studied German and English at the University of Oslo (UiO) and graduated with a teaching degree (major in German, minor in English).

Further career

After moving to Germany, he did an internship in Koblenz from 1969 to 1971 . She then taught German and English at various grammar schools and secondary schools in Rhineland-Palatinate until 2010 . For more than 30 years she has led Norwegian courses for beginners and advanced learners at the Volkshochschule Koblenz.

Private

She has lived in Koblenz since she married her husband in 1969; the couple has two children.

Translation activity

She has been working as a translator since 1990, initially together with Ingrid Sack, and since 1995 as a freelance and independent translator.

She has translated eight novels by the Norwegian Johannes Heggland into German for the Rosenheim publishing house , including

• The golden fjord. ISBN 978-3-475-53186-6 .
• Tide of love. ISBN 978-3-475-53185-9 .
• In the soft light of the north. ISBN 978-3-475-53233-7 .
• In the vastness of the north. ISBN 978-3-475-53264-1 .
• Salty wind. ISBN 978-3-475-53267-2 .
• Stormy waves of longing. ISBN 978-3-475-53234-4 .

She also translated these three novels by the historian Kirsten A. Seaver

• with Ingrid Sack: The Gudrid Saga. Limes-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-8090-2415-5 .
• Island that fell from the earth. Limes Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-8090-2448-1 .
• The cuckoo child. Bastei Lübbe, 2002, ISBN 3-404-14811-8 .

and Margit Walsø's book

• Beloved Voltaire. dtv, 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-21159-8 .

and three novels by Åse Egeland for Projekt-Verlag (Halle)

• Traces in the sand. 2009, ISBN 978-3-86634-732-8 .
• Tiger in the luggage. 2011, ISBN 978-3-86237-531-8 .
• Children like crystal. 2013, ISBN 978-3-95486-427-0 .

In 2013 Edition Hamouda (Leipzig) published a new translation of Norwegian fairy tales from her under the title Mit Espen Aschenbengel in the land of trolls. 30 Norwegian folk tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe , ISBN 978-3-940075-71-0 .

Åse Birkenheier also translated novellas by Karin Fossum and Eva Huseby, among others . She often writes book reviews for the magazines "Nordis" and "dialog".

Memberships

Since 1984 she has been a member of the German-Norwegian Society. V., Bonn; from 2004 to 2016 she was active on their board.

Web links

• Literature by and about Aase Birkenheier in the catalog of the German National Library
• dng-bonn.de