Trude Teige
WHEN GRANDMA DANCED IN THE RAIN

WHEN JUNI RETURNS to the house of her deceased grandparents on a small Norwegian island, she finds a photograph showing her grandmother Tekla as a young woman with a German soldier. Who is the unknown man? Juni can no longer ask anyone. Her search for the truth takes her to Berlin and to the small town of Demmin in eastern Germany where hundreds of families committed suicide in May 1945. Juni realizes that this is about much more than a secret love. And that her discoveries have consequences for her own happiness.

A STRONG WOMAN in dark times. And a young woman who must look back in order to move forward.

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL people and events, the book was nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and the trilogy has sold over 130,000 copies in Norway alone. “When Grandma Danced in the Rain” became one of the bestselling books in Germany in 2023 and remained on the bestseller lists for over a year.

Trude Teige

Tine Poppe

In 2015, When Grandma Danced in the Rain was published and cemented Trude Teige among international bestselling authors. The novel tells the story of Juni who returns to the house of her deceased grandparents on a small Norwegian island where she discovers a photograph: it shows her grandmother Tekla as a young woman with a German soldier. Juni can no longer ask anyone so the search for the truth takes her to Berlin and to the small town of Demmin in eastern Germany where hundreds of families committed suicide in May 1945. Juni realizes that this is about much more than a secret love. Inspired by actual people and events, the book was nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize. It became one of the bestselling books in Germany in 2023 and remained on the bestseller lists for over a year. Teige counted among Norway’s topselling authors for all of 2024. As of 2025, more than 1,5 million copies of the author’s works have been sold worldwide.