Sverre Holmsen.Swedish author, was born in Transvaal, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 and brought up in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 and Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Became a Swedish citizen 1912. In 1945 he married the artist and writer Agda Göthlin (1920-1975). He was previously married to Margit Holm in 1928.
Since 1922 he travelled and worked all around the world. He was an avid supporter of global unity.

The main part of his books draws on inspiration from Polynesia

Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...

.Sverre Holmsen lived in Tahiti

Tahiti

Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

 for several years.He very much admired the people in the Pacific region, their habits,history and culture.
Sverre Holmsen was also an early environmentalist

Environmentalist

An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

.In the main part of his works he points out the dangers of modern ways of living.He was , already in his earliest works , expressing critical views about the technical development and the exploitation of natural resources.
In a similar way he was also advocating democracy

Democracy

Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...

 and Human rights

Human rights

Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

17 of his books have been published in Swedish language

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

and have been translated to 12 languages.

Books

• 1966 "Morialand" (in Swedish)
• 1969 "De upplysta horisonterna" (in Swedish)
• 1961 "Globen runt" ( in Swedish)
• 1949 "Polynesian Trade Wind" London, J.Barrie. 1949.
• 1952 "The Island beyond the Horizon" London, J. Barrie . 1952.
• 1951 "Singing Coral". London. J.Barrie .1951.