Died 1910-04-26.
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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit". The first Norwegian Nobel laureate, he was a prolific polemicist and extremely influential in Norwegian public life and Sc…
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culture · Norwegian writer (1832–1910) · poet · playwright · writer · journalist · prose writer · politician · theatre manager · director · Theaterintendant · opinion journalist · also Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson, Björnstjerne Björnson, Björnsen, Bjørnson
Born 8 December 1832 · Died 26 April 1910 · Q46405
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1910· 1 entry
1903· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1903).
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
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On the verge of the rupture between Norway and Sweden, he preached conciliation and moderation to the Norwegians
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1901· 1 entry
Bjørnson proclaimed, "I'm a Pan-Germanist, I'm a Teuton, and the greatest dream of my life is for the South Germanic peoples and the North Germanic peoples and their brothers in diaspora to unite in a fellow confederatio
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1899· 2 entries
At the opening of the National Theatre, Bjørnson received an ovation, and his saga-drama of King Sigurd the Crusader was performed at the opening of Nationaltheatret in Oslo
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That there was limits to a farmer's cultivation
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1889· 1 entry
Printed another long and still more remarkable novel, Paa Guds Veje (On God's Path), which is chiefly concerned with the same problems
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1884· 1 entry
Det flager i Byen og paa Havnen (Flags are Flying in Town and Port), embodying his theories on heredity and education
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1883· 1 entry
But was unable to persuade any manager to stage it except in a modified form
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1881· 2 entries
It came to political struggle between left and right, and the left wing got the upper hand
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Spoke of the farmer's clothing borne by Henrik Wergeland, and his opinion then states that this garment, worn by Wergeland, was "of the most influential things" in the initiation of the national day
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1877· 1 entry
Published another novel, Magnhild, in which his ideas on social questions were seen to be in a state of fermentation, and gave expression to his republican sentiments in the polemical play Kongen (The King)
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1874· 1 entry
Social dramas of an extremely modern and realistic cast
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1871· 1 entry
Began to supplement his journalistic work by delivering lectures throughout Scandinavia
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1870· 1 entry
Published Poems and Songs and the epic cycle Arnljot Gelline; the latter volume contains the ode Bergliot, one of Bjørnson's finest contributions to lyrical poetry
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1865· 1 entry
Undertook the management of the Christiania Theatre, and brought out his popular comedy of De Nygifte (The Newly Married) and his romantic tragedy of Mary Stuart in Scotland
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1860· 2 entries
In 1860, Bjørnson met and began an affair with Magda von Dolcke while he was in Denmark.
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Bjørnson met and began an affair with Magda von Dolcke while he was in Denmark
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1859· 1 entry
They had six children, five of whom lived to adulthood: Bjørn Bjørnson (1859–1942), Einar Bjørnson (1864–1942), Erling Bjørnson (1868–1959), Bergliot Bjørnson (1869–1953), Dagny Bjørnson (1871–1872), Dagny Bjørnson (1876–1974).
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1858· 1 entry
This was followed by Arne, in 1860 by En glad Gut (A Happy Boy), and in 1868 by Fiskerjenten (The Fisher Girl)
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1857· 1 entry
Bjørnson published Synnøve Solbakken, the first of his peasant novels
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1852· 1 entry
Soon embarking upon a career as a journalist, focusing on criticism of drama
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1837· 1 entry
Bjørnson's father Peder Bjørnson, who was the pastor of Kvikne Municipality, was transferred to the parish of Nesset Municipality, outside Molde in Romsdal
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1832· 1 entry
Born 1832-12-08.
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