Wergeland

/ ˈværɡəlan /

noun

WergelandHenrik Arnold18081845MNorwegianWRITING: poetPOLITICS: nationalist Henrik Arnold. 1808–45, Norwegian poet and nationalist, remembered for his lyric and narrative verse

In Norway he had been a pronounced nationalist of the Wergeland direction and had taken part in the first peasant uprising.

Most famous of the poets of Norway is Wergeland, the Schiller of his country, his works including tragedies, poems and satires.

It is difficult, from the sources of Scandinavian opinion, to obtain a sensible impression of Wergeland.

Wergeland knew nothing of the Danish tradition of his day, which he treated with violent and bitter contempt.

According to Wergeland's advice, he also founded a parish library, giving his father's books as its first endowment.

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