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Wergeland

British  
/ ˈværɡəlan /

noun

  1. Henrik Arnold. 1808–45, Norwegian poet and nationalist, remembered for his lyric and narrative verse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His weighty trilogy about TV presenter Jonas Wergeland – The Seducer, The Conqueror and The Discoverer – are highly recommended.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

About the same time Wergeland in Norway published his tragedy, "Sinclair's Death."

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

The time about the year 1820 is reckoned as the beginning of the new Norwegian literature, and Henrik Wergeland is called its creator.

From Norwegian Life by Clough, Ethlyn T.

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

From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund

He wrote exquisite music for many songs of Welhaven, Wergeland, Moe, Björnson, and others.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

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