Ingebrikt Krokann was born at
Oppdal Municipality in
Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of Trond Jonsson Krokann (1858–1936) and Dørdi Olsdatter Lo (1859–1933). In 1915 he took his final exam at Volda lærarskule. He worked as a
teacher first at the children's school in
Rennebu Municipality. During the winter of 1917–18, he got a leave to go to
Askov Folk High School in
Denmark, and then he took a college course in
Volda Municipality. From 1920 to 1923 he taught at Skogn Folkhøgskule. He developed
tuberculosis and never fully recovered. He taught at the Nordic folk college in
Fredriksberg in Denmark during 1937–1938. Krokann received several travel grants and traveled to many countries in Europe and Africa. He was married in 1921 with Gunvor Widebæk Lund (1899–1991). He died at
Gausdal Municipality in
Oppland county, Norway.{{cite web|url =https://nbl.snl.no/Inge_Krokann|title=Inge Krokann|publisher = Norsk biografisk leksikon |author=Toril Brekke His work was characterized by: • Vivid descriptions of the relationships between man and nature in the harsh environment around his birthplace of
Oppdal Municipality; • Effective and innovative use of the Oppdal dialect and
nynorsk in his writing; • A strong sense of history in his writing, tying together the
pagan and Christian eras in
Norwegian history. ==Bibliography==