Character Relationship Map: Karjolsteinen

Characters

• Olav Klungland (played by Erik Øksnes) — protagonist

  Olav is a radical author who feels divided and inadequate as a writer, politician, and fellow human being. He meets Eilif in an Oslo hotel and listens to the older man's account of his life, a convers...

• Eilif (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) — supporting

  Eilif is a former priest staying in an Oslo hotel while his wife is hospitalized with cancer. He tells Olav about his childhood, youth, and years working as a priest in Finnmark, including how the pos...

• Vigdis (played by Marit Grønhaug) — supporting
• Eilif (som barn) (played by Are Sjaastad) — supporting

  This is Eilif portrayed as a child. His childhood is part of the life story he recounts to Olav, and the summary places those early years in modest circumstances in the south of the country. The avail...

• Elna (played by Grethe Ryen) — supporting

  Elna is Eilif's wife. She is in the hospital with cancer while Eilif stays in an Oslo hotel, and he recalls how gnawing doubt undermined the love between them. The account identifies her as important...

• Elna (som barn) (played by Siri Hølmebakk) — supporting
• Arnold (played by Rolf Søder) — supporting
• Lars (played by Arne Lindtner Næss) — supporting

  Lars is Eilif's brother. In the postwar period, Lars is affected by the treason settlement, an event that also affects Eilif indirectly and contributes to the doubt that unsettles his life and relatio...

• Didrik (played by Harald Heide Steen) — supporting
• Lars (som barn) (played by Arne Lendl) — supporting