Troms og Nordland (En: Sense and Nonsense: Short Stories from Troms and Nordland) by Einar K. Aas and P. W. Zapffe, Trondheim 1942. Illustrated by Kaare Espolin Johnson. Gallery See also Biosophy Emil Cioran Existential crisis Herman Tønnessen Nihilism Notes External links The Humorous Pessimist (1990 documentary, subtitled in English) by NRK. Original source (in Norwegian). Peter Wessel Zapffes fotografier til Nasjonalbiblioteket "Philosopher of tragedy" by Thomas Hylland Eriksen "The View from Mount Zapffe" by Gisle Tangenes University of Oslo University of the Arctic Family genealogy OpenAirPhilosophy 1899 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Norwegian artists 20th-century Norwegian lawyers 20th-century Norwegian male writers 20th-century Norwegian philosophers Anti-natalists Existentialists Metaphysicians Norwegian photographers Norwegian mountain climbers People from Tromsø Philosophers of nihilism Philosophers of pessimism University of Oslo alumni no:DS «Isbjørn»