Henrik Wergeland
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 180 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 17,1808 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Kristiansand |
| Norway | |
| Date of died | July 12,1845 |
| Died | Oslo |
| Norway | |
| Spouse | Amalie Sofie Bekkevold |
| Children | Olaf Knutsen |
| Job | Poet |
| Journalist | |
| Playwright | |
| Education | University of Oslo |
| Oslo Cathedral School | |
| Books | Jan van Huysums Blomsterstykke |
| Den engelske Lods | |
| The Army of Truth | |
| Poems | |
| Papegøien | |
| Irreparabile tempus | |
| Creation, Man and the Messiah, Jøden | |
| Jøden | |
| Creation, Man and the Messiah | |
| Parents | Nicolai Wergeland |
| Alette Thaulow | |
| Siblings | Camilla Collett |
| Buried | Our Savior's Cemetery, Oslo, Norway |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 654426 |
Henrik Wergeland Life story
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.