Oslo bishop to open Sigrid Undset canonization cause

‘She stood firm in the Catholic faith, challenged Nazism, and strove for Norwegian freedom’

Norway’s Bishop Fredrik Hansen announced Wednesday that he is taking the first steps toward opening the cause for canonization of Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset.

Sigrid Undset (1882-1949). Credit: Anders Beer Wilse/Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.

Hansen, the Bishop of Oslo, made the announcement July 8, while celebrating Mass during an ann…