Øyvind Gran

The daughter of a female politician disappears at the same time as the politician's lover also goes underground, and she hires Varg Veum to try to find them. When Varg Veum starts tracking down the various clues, they all point towards the industrial plant the lover works at... (IMDB Comments)

The story is set around 1860 and centres on the fatherless and fearless young Petra. In a cross between romantic infatuation and struggle for freedom, she suddenly finds herself engaged to no less than three of her home town's most eligible young men, and Petra is having to escape, run out of town by a furious mob. (nfi.no)