Mikael Lind of the Ice People is a lonely and deeply unhappy young man. Wars are being fought across Europe and although his foster parents want him to pursue a military career, Mikael harbors no military ambitions. Throughout his life, he was taught to give in to other people’s decisions. This was also the case when he married a young woman whom he hardly knew. Anette is from the South of France and brought up as a strict Catholic. Her mother taught her that she must only comply with what her husband says until there are children in the marriage. Broken in body and mind, Mikael travels to Norway where he finds his roots and himself.