Synnöve lives with her parents at the farm Solbakken on a sunny hill. Thorbjörn, who lives at Granliden in the shadow of a big mountain, often looks wistfully up to Solbakken. As teenagers they meet and fall in love. Another boy, Knud Nordhaug, is also yearning for Synnöve.

Synnöve Solbakken
Thorbjörn Granliden
Sämund Granliden
Guttorm Solbakken
Ingebjörg Granliden
Knud Nordhaug
Ingrid Granliden
Karen Solbakken
Young Thorbjörn
Young Synnöve
Young Ingrid
Aslak