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Henrik Wergeland

Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)

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.

17 June 1808

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