Henrik Jæger
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Henrik Jæger.
Henrik Jæger (4 January 1854 – 17 December 1895) was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright.
He was born in Bergen as a son of sailmaker Herman Jæger (1824–1871) and Birgitte Pedersen. He was a nephew of Tycho Jæger. In June 1881 he married Marie Louise Holstad (1853–1931),[1] and their daughter Dagmar Helene Jæger (1889–1979) married Olaf Gjerløw.[2]
He is known for his early monographs on Henrik Ibsen, and for writing the first large Norwegian literary history, Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie (1896). Among his plays are Løse Fugle and Arvegods.[1][3]
Selected works
- Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie (1896; 3 volumes; finished by Otto Anderssen after Jæger's death)
References
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