Roald Dahl
December 10, 2008 11:49 pm AuthorsRoald Dahl was born in 1916 in Llandaff Cardiff, Wales , his parents were Norwegian , Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg). Hiss family moved from Norway to Cardiff in the 1880s. He was named after the polar explorer Roald Amundsen, who was a national hero in Norway around that time. He spoke Norwegian at home with his parents and sisters. Dahl and his sisters were christened at the Norwegian Church, Cardiff, where their parents worshipped.
In 1920, when he was just four, his seven year old sister, Astri, died suddenly from appendicitis. A month later, his dad, Harald died of pneumonia aged of 57, following the grieving from his daughter Astri’s death. Dahl’s mother,Sofie, decided she wouldnt return to Norway to live with relatives, instead she chose remain in Wales since it had been her late husband’s wish to have their children educated in British schools.
Roald first attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff. At the age of eight, he and four of his friends were caned by the headmaster after putting a dead mouse in a jar of sweets at the local sweet shop, which was owned by a “mean and loathsome” old woman called Mrs. Pratchett (wife of blacksmith David Pratchett). This was known amongst the five boys as the “Great Mouse Plot of 1924″. This was Roald’s own idea.
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