1808
Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845)
Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845)
Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845)
Henrik Wergeland
Norwegian writer (1808–1845)
- Born
- 1808
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland 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.