Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1832–1910

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Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (1832–1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. The first Norwegian Nobel laureate, he was a prolific polemicist and highly influential in Norwegian public life and Scandinavian cultural debate, and is considered one of "the four greats" of Norwegian literature, alongside Ibsen, Lie, and Kielland. He also wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet".

Born

1832