April 1942 - Roald Dahl in Washington D.C. Roald Dahl and Norway. Born to Norwegian parents, how Norwegian did Roald Dahl consider himself to be and how much did his cultural heritage influence his stories?
Museum Archive Assistant, Annie Price, explores the archive for clues... Named after Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer and one of his father’s own heroes, Roald Dahl started out in life very Norwegian indeed – albeit having been born in Llandaff, Cardiff in Wales. The registration of his birth, now safely stored in the Museum Archive, was recorded by the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission, and he was christened at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff in 1916. After the church had fallen into disrepair, Roald Dahl explained in an article published in The Norseman in 1989, how he hoped that, once restored, it would then remain “as a small Norwegian jewel in the heart of the Cardiff docklands and will become...a permanent memorial to the many Norwegian people who lived there years ago”.
Roald Dahl - Biography - Author - Biography.com. Children's author Roald Dahl wrote the kids' classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, among other famous works. He was married to actress Patricia Neal. Synopsis. Google Översätt. Fact Monster. KidRex. Safe Search. Religion, World Religions, Comparative Religion - Just the facts on the world's religions.