▁divor ce ▁followed . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁she ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁her ▁third ▁child , ▁at ▁L ille ham mer . ▁She ▁decided ▁to ▁make ▁L ille ham mer ▁her ▁home , ▁and ▁within ▁two ▁years , ▁B jer ke b æ k , ▁a ▁large ▁house ▁of ▁traditional ▁Norwegian ▁tim ber ▁architecture , ▁was ▁completed , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁f enced ▁garden ▁with ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁and ▁the ▁villages ▁around . ▁Here ▁she ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁retre at ▁and ▁concent rate ▁on ▁her ▁writing . ▁ ▁Krist in ▁Lav r ans d atter ▁After ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁her ▁third ▁child , ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁secure ▁roof ▁over ▁her ▁head , ▁Und set ▁started ▁a ▁major ▁project : ▁Krist in ▁Lav r ans d atter . ▁She ▁was ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁the ▁subject ▁matter , ▁having ▁written ▁a ▁short ▁novel ▁at ▁an ▁earlier ▁stage ▁about ▁a ▁period ▁in ▁Norwegian ▁history ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁Pre - Christ ian ▁era . ▁She ▁had ▁also ▁published ▁a ▁Norwegian ▁ret elling ▁of ▁the ▁Arthur ian ▁leg ends . ▁She ▁had ▁studied ▁Old ▁Nor se ▁manuscript s ▁and ▁Med ieval ▁chron icles ▁and ▁visited ▁and ▁exam ined ▁Med ieval ▁churches ▁and ▁monaster ies , ▁both ▁at ▁home ▁and ▁abroad . ▁She ▁was ▁now ▁an ▁authority ▁on ▁the ▁period ▁she ▁was ▁port ray ing ▁and ▁a ▁very ▁different ▁person ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 2 - year - old ▁who ▁had ▁written ▁her ▁first ▁novel ▁about ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁▁ ▁It