 Knausgård lived in Österlen, Sweden, with his wife, the writer Linda Boström Knausgård, and their four children until November 2016 when he and his wife separated.He now lives part time in Blackheath, South London, part time in Sweden.In a radio interview with his estranged ex-wife, Tonje Aursland, who plays a part in several of the "Min Kamp" books, Knausgård admitted that he sometimes feels that he has made a "Faustian bargain"—that he has achieved huge success by sacrificing his relationships with friends and members of his family.