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• Björnson
  Björnson

  noun

  Björnstjerne 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, novelist, and playwright: Nobel Prize 1903.
• Bjørnson
  Bjørnson

  noun

  Bjørnstjerne (ˈbjɜːnstjɛənə; Norwegian ˈbjørnstjernə). 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, dramatist, novelist, theatre director, and newspaper editor; mainly remembered for social dramas, such as The Bankrupt (1875): Nobel prize for literature 1903

Björnson

American  

[byurn-suhn, byœrn-soon] / ˈbjɜrn sən, ˈbjœrn sʊn /

noun

1. Björnstjerne 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, novelist, and playwright: Nobel Prize 1903.

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Bjørnson British  

/ ˈbjørnsən, ˈbjɜːnsən /

noun

1. Bjørnstjerne (ˈbjɜːnstjɛənə; Norwegian ˈbjørnstjernə). 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, dramatist, novelist, theatre director, and newspaper editor; mainly remembered for social dramas, such as The Bankrupt (1875): Nobel prize for literature 1903

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Björnson Bjørnson

The late director Hal Prince, choreographer Gillian Lynne and set and costume designer Maria Björnson were also honored.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2023

“Unidentified woman, Karen Björnson, Halston, and Tseng Kwong Chi,” from “Costumes at the Met,” 1980.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 23, 2019

Brandes has shown in his essay on Björnson how the attack upon art with a purpose is really often a disguised means of objecting to liberal thought in literature.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert

It was called “Godthaab”—a name given it by Björnstjerne Björnson.

From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.

Björnson, too, is in the same sense "a sower who went forth for to sow."

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

Above its door are carved in stone the names of the first three dramatists staged there during the gala opening week in 1899: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Ludvig Holberg and Ibsen.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019