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Born December 22, 1807 • Bergen • Norway
Died October 21, 1873 (aged 65) • Oslo • Norway

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Welhaven, Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer
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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Norwegian author
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Portrait of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet, with glasses, prominent sideburns, and formal attire, photographed in 1901.
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian dramatist and poet
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Garborg, Arne Evensen
Arne Evensen Garborg
Norwegian author
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Nordahl Grieg
Norwegian author
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Alfred Hauge
Norwegian writer
Fløgstad, Kjartan
Kjartan Fløgstad
Norwegian writer
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Jens Bjørneboe
Norwegian author
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Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
Arnulf Øverland
Arnulf Øverland
Norwegian poet
Vinje, Aasmund Olafson
Aasmund Olafson Vinje
Norwegian writer
Henrik Arnold Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Wergeland
Norwegian poet
Petter Dass
Petter Dass
Norwegian poet
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Nils Collett Vogt
Norwegian author
Landstad, Magnus Brostrup
Magnus Brostrup Landstad
Norwegian poet
Ørjasæter, Tore
Tore Ørjasæter
Norwegian poet
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Johan Nordahl Brun
Norwegian author
Aukrust, Olav
Olav Aukrust
Norwegian poet
Uppdal, Kristofer Oliver
Kristofer Oliver Uppdal
Norwegian novelist

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