Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Erken's whole roasted suckling pig (1914): the pig is soaked overnight in salted, vinegared water, rubbed with salt and white pepper, placed on its knees in a roasting pan with boiling water, covered with pats of butter and greased paper and roasted 3–4 hours while brushed with cooking oil for crisp crackling. Sauce of browned pan drippings with red wine and mustard; served with roast potatoes, garnish apples, prunes, chestnuts and sauerkraut.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 246 (falt i det fri)
Whole roasted suckling pig was the showpiece of older Norwegian festive cooking, often for Christmas and large gatherings. Erken emphasizes that the crackling must become crisp while the pig is cooked through, and recommends cooking oil for brushing.
Soaking
Soak the pig overnight in water with salt and vinegar: 10 liters water, 1 liter salt and 5 tablespoons vinegar.
Season
Take the pig out, dry it well and rub it inside and out with salt mixed with white pepper.
Place in the pan
Place the pig on its knees in the roasting pan with the head resting on the edge of the pan. Pour in the boiling water.
Cover
Place small pats of butter over the pig and cover with a sheet of white paper greased with cold butter.
Roasting
Roast in a good hot oven (about 180 °C (355 °F)) for 3–4 hours. Do not baste with the drippings, but rub the pig occasionally with cold butter, preferably brush it with cooking oil – nothing gives crisper crackling than oil.
Crisp crackling
Leave the oven door open for the last quarter hour so the crackling becomes extra crisp. The pig should be cooked through while the crackling is crisp and golden.
Sauce
Brown the fat in the pan well and add 1 dl red wine with 1 tsp mustard stirred in.
Serving
Serve with roast potatoes, boiled garnish apples, boiled prunes, chestnuts and sauerkraut.
Quantities given in modern units. The original's amount of salt for soaking («1 l. salt to 10 l. water») has been kept as a volume measure. Oven temperature has been specified (about 180 °C (355 °F)). The sauce has been separated out as its own ingredients.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Revised 1949 recipe
From the revised edition of the Big Cookbook.

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