Björnson

[ byurn-suhn; Norwegian byœrn-soon ]

noun

1. Björn·stjer·ne [byœrn, -stye, r, -n, uh], 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, novelist, and playwright: Nobel Prize 1903.

Bjørnson

/ ˈbjɜːnsən; ˈbjørnsən /

noun

1. BjørnsonBjørnstjerne18321910MNorwegianWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: theatre director 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

Example Sentences

One visitor who interested us most was the Norwegian novelist and republican, Bjornstjorne Bjornson.

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He read deep philosophical works, forbade his family to go to church, and had been visited by Bjornson himself.

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The two Bjornson children, Knut and Otto, led a very happy life in the forest.

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This theatre did not even fully recognise such masters as Ibsen and Bjornson until they stood on the heights of achievement.

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King Gudrod Bjornson went out with his people; but after a short resistance he fell, and many men with him.

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