Johan Nordahl Brun - Bergen, Norway - Dead Poets' Society Memorials on Waymarking.com

There is a plaque on the cairn with the following inscription in Norwegian: "Sorgen forgik mig på Ulrikkens top". [English translation: The sorrow left me on the top of Ulriken.] This text is an excerpt of a song titled "Udsikter fra Ulriken" which is also known as "Jeg tok min nystemte." Above the plaque is a bronze harp. Another plaque on the cairn reads: "Biskop Johan Nordahl Brun 1745-1816". He is the individual who wrote the lyrics to the song quoted on the cairn. Above this plaque is a bronze cameo of Brun.

"Johan Nordahl Brun (21 March 1745—26 July 1816) was the poet, dramatist, Bishop in Bergen (1804-1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of National Romanticism in Norway, contributing to the growing national consciousness.

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In literary history, he found his place when he wrote the first Norwegian play, "Einer Tambeskielver" (1772). This play aroused a strong awakening of Norwegian spirit and was produced many times. He also wrote many poems, including Norway's first (unofficial) national song, "For Norge, Kiempers Fødeland" and published a book of Evangelical Hymns (1786). He was also the writer of the city of Bergen's anthem "Jeg Tok Min Nystemte"."

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