Henrik Wergeland

Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
BornHenrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland
(1808-06-17)17 June 1808
Kristiansand, Denmark-Norway
Died12 July 1845(1845-07-12) (aged 37)
Christiania (now Oslo), Norway
Pen nameSiful Sifadda (farces)
OccupationPoet, playwright and non-fiction writer
Period1829–1845
Literary movementRomanticism

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) 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.[1]

Though Wergeland only lived to be 37, his range of pursuits covered literature, theology, history, contemporary politics, social issues, and science. His views were controversial in his time, and his literary style was variously denounced as subversive.[2]


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