Gerd Nyquist ( 15 March 1913 &ndash; 22 November 1984 ) was a Norwegian novelist and children 's writer . She was born in Kristiania . She was married in 1936 with ship broker Arild Otto Nyquist ( 1911 – 1974 ) . She was the granddaughter of government minister Bernhard Brænne ( 1854-1927 ) and the mother of novelist and poet Arild Nyquist ( 1937 – 2004 ) . Nyquist studied journalism at the University of California and history at the University of Oslo . During World War II she took part in the resistance movement . She was awarded the Defence Medal for her participation in the fight against the German occupation of Norway . She made her literary debut in 1957 with the novel '' Måne over Munkeby '' . She is best known for her two crime novels , '' Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster '' from 1960 , and '' Stille som i graven '' from 1966 featuring detective Martin Bakke . Both books depict a traditional , bourgeois society from Oslo 's west edge . Nyquist had a number of positions and in 1972 was a co-founder and first president of '' Rivertonklubben ''
Defence Medal
Defence Medal 1940–1945
Gerd Nyquist