“pale as death, but in the spirit of 17 May”
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Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the development of a distinctly Norwegian literary heritage and of modern Norwegian culture.
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culture · Norwegian writer (1808–1845) · poet · historian · writer · theologian · archivist · journalist · playwright · also Henrik Wergeland, Wergeland
Born 17 June 1808 · Died 12 July 1845 · Q351705
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1845· 1 entry
Died 1845-07-12.
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1841· 1 entry
Career landmark: National archivist of Norway (1841–1845).
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1839· 1 entry
They got married on 27 April 1839 in the church of Eidsvoll, with Wergeland's father as priest.
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1835· 2 entries
And Wergeland secured an education for the boy
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The marriage produced no children, but the couple adopted Olaf, an illegitimate son Wergeland had fathered in 1835, and Wergeland secured an education for the boy.
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1829· 1 entry
Published a volume of lyrical and patriotic poems, Digte, første Ring (poems, first circle), which attracted the liveliest attention to his name
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1825· 1 entry
To study for the church and graduated in 1829
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1818· 1 entry
Their daughter Jacobine Chrystie (1746–1818) was married to the town clerk of Kristiansand Henrik Arnold Thaulow (1722–1799), father of Wergeland's mother Alette Thaulow (1780–1843).
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1808· 1 entry
Born 1808-06-17.
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