Character Relationship Map: Gullfjellet

Characters

• Hans Benningstad (played by Karl Holter) — protagonist

  The landowner of the large farm at Benningstad, Hans initially refuses to sell his property after rumors of gold spread. He changes course when the supposed discovery is announced in the newspapers, b...

• Olaug Benningstad (played by Tove Bryn) — supporting
• Randi, deres datter (played by Eva Sletto) — supporting
• Rolf Rønne (played by Jens Gundersen) — supporting

  A city boy who arrives at the Benningstad farm and starts working there, Rolf sets the central gold-rush events in motion by telling Jørgen that he has found gold at Kråkberget. The supposed discovery...

• Jørgen Krullerstugun (played by Martin Gisti) — supporting

  A man Rolf meets at Benningstad, Jørgen investigates Rolf's claim of a gold discovery at Kråkberget. He finds mica, mistakes it for gold, and carries large quantities of the stone home, filling rooms...

• Olea, budeie (played by Ragnhild Hald) — supporting
• Jon (played by Finn Bernhoft) — supporting
• Amund Hageløkka (played by Bjarne Bø) — supporting
• Nils Røst (played by Ottar Wicklund) — supporting
• Kal Kanten (played by Toralf Sandø) — supporting

  Kal Kanten travels to Oslo to sell what he believes is gold to the bank. He is told that the material is only gray stone, and when he returns to Benningstad the next day, the news destroys the village...

• Lars Heksvold (played by Øystein Børke) — supporting
• Sorenskriveren (played by Johan Hauge) — minor
• Bankdirektøren i Oslo (played by Erling Hanson) — minor
• Kontordame (played by Liv Bredal) — minor
• En bonde (played by Sigurd Eldegard) — minor
• Sjur Bjelke (played by Gustav Fernslew) — minor
• Tater-Mekkel (played by Joachim Holst-Jensen) — minor
• En bonde (played by Edvard Drabløs) — minor
• Mons Listerud (played by Jens Holstad) — minor
• Larsen (played by Leif Enger) — minor