15/08/2026
Alexandra Larsen wrote:
"I have written a biography of my grandfather, Shetlands-Larsen. It will be the first biography of Leif Larsen.
I spent a lot of time with my grandfather when I was growing up, until he died in 1990. I was 19 years old at the time. My childhood home was the house he built in Fyllingsdalen, in the small forest just between Sælen School and the Sports Hall. He was a wonderful grandfather, good and kind and patient as a grandfather should be, and I always felt that we had a special bond. His calm and warm humor were always with him, and he was the kind of person that everyone just enjoyed being around. He was a man of few words. We often sat together without saying much. But it didn't matter, even when I was a little girl. Just being with him was enough.
He never talked about the war, or about himself in general. He never bragged about anything he did or exalted himself in any way. If he told little anecdotes from the war, it was always with a twinkle in his eye.
I have the stories from Leif's life from himself, from his family and from the boys in the Shetland gang. The stories are authentic. Many of the pictures have also been privately owned by the family and have never been published before.
Alexandra Irene Larsen
A new biography of Shetlands-Larsen will soon be published in a bookstore near you. See more on this page, and follow it for updates and news about the book."
Jeg har skrevet en biografi om min bestefar, Shetlands-Larsen. Det blir den første biografien om Leif Larsen.
Jeg tilbrakte mye tid med min bestefar i min oppvekst, inntil han døde i 1990. Jeg var da 19 år gammel. Barndomshjemmet mitt var huset han bygget i Fyllingsdalen, i den lille skogen like mellom Sælen skole og Idrettshallen. Han var en fantastisk bestefar, god og snill og tålmodig som en bestefar skal være, og jeg følte alltid at vi hadde et spesielt bånd. Roen og den lune humoren var alltid med ham, og han var en slik person som alle bare likte å være rundt. Han var en mann av få ord. Vi satt ofte sammen uten å si så mye. Men det gjorde ingenting, selv ikke da jeg var en liten jente. Det var nok å bare være med ham.
Han snakket aldri om krigen, eller om seg selv generelt. Han skrøt aldri av noe han gjorde eller opphøyet seg selv på noe måte. Om han fortalte små anekdoter fra krigen var det alltid med et glimt i øyet.
Historiene fra Leifs liv har jeg fra ham selv, fra familien og fra guttene i Shetlandsgjengen. Historiene er autentiske. Mange av bildene har også vært i privat eie i familien og har aldri blitt publisert før.
Alexandra Irene Larsen
En ny biografi om Shetlands-Larsen utkommer snart i en bokhandel nær deg. Se mer på denne siden, og følg den for oppdateringer og nyheter om boken.
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