Garborg grew up on a farm named Garborg, near the village of
Undheim in
Time Municipality in the
Jæren district of
Rogaland county. He grew up together with eight siblings. Although he was to become known as an author, it was as a newspaperman that he got his start. In 1872 he established the newspaper
Tvedestrandsposten, and in 1877 the
Fedraheimen, which he served as managing editor until 1892. In the 1880s he was also a journalist for the
Dagbladet. In 1894 he laid the ground, together with
Rasmus Steinsvik, for the paper
Den 17de Mai; which changed its name to
Norsk Tidend in 1935. As of 1898 Garborg was among the contributors of
Ringeren, a political and cultural magazine established by
Sigurd Ibsen. ==References==