Henrik Wergeland Stayed Here - Oslo, Norway
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Henrik Wergeland, a celebrated Norwegian poet stayed in this house from 1839-1841.
Waymark Code: WMFD5B
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 10/01/2012
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This house is located across the street from the Vars Freslers Cemetery where Wergeland is buried.
The plaque on thus house reads:
"Selskabet For Oslo Byes Vel
Henrik Wergeland
1808-1845
Bodde her 1839-41
Veslebrunens - Stall
1 Bakgarden
Huset Oppfort 1839
Fredet Anlegg"
which Google translates as:
"Society for Oslo Byes Well
Henrik Wergeland
1808-1845
Stayed here 1839-41
Veslebrunens - Stable
1 Bakgarden
House listed 1839
listed Construction"
Wikipedia (
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"... (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.
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."