Characters

Rakel Ovreid – the series’ main character

Hanna Ovreid – Rakel’s foster mother

Halvor Ovreid – Rakel’s foster father

Gunda Ovreid – Halvor’s mother and Rakel’s foster grandmother

Esther Rønning – Rakel’s foster aunt, Halvor’s sister

Peder Rønning – Esther’s husband

Jenny Hoem – Rakel’s friend

Syver Svartangen – neighbour and assistant to the sheriff in Borre

Ingvald Svartangen – Syver’s father and owner of Svartangen Farm

Ask Bergan – the new sheriff in Skoppum

Lars Disen – teacher at Bjerke School

Eilert Holm – neighbour boy

Fru Holm – Eilert’s mother

D. Lomvi – priest in Carljohansværn

Inga – kitchen maid at Ovreid Farm

Jens – farmhand at Ovreid Farm

Herr Bakke – Jenny’s employer