Martin Roe Eidhammer

About Martin Roe Eidhammer

Martin Roe Eidhammer is a Norwegian author, genealogist, and storyteller with a particular fascination for the lives of ordinary people and the stories hidden in old records, photographs, places, and family memories.

His writing moves between genealogy, history, memoir, and everyday life. In Scenes from a Life Left Behind and Sketches of Ordinary Lives, he explores memory, family, everyday experiences, and the small moments that can easily disappear when nobody takes the time to remember them.

His work as a genealogist has shaped the way he writes. Rather than seeing genealogy simply as a search for names and dates, Martin is interested in the people behind the records: where they lived, what they experienced, the choices they made, and the circumstances that shaped their lives.

Martin writes from Norway, where genealogy, history, music, photography, and storytelling have become intertwined in his work. His aim is a simple one: to look beyond the dates in a family tree and bring the people who lived those lives back into view.