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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

The flesh so delicious was chopped up to farce-meat, And later by Wergeland found for a farce meet,               And gayly 't was swallowed,               And all the bones hollowed                   And strown.

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer

Henrik Arnold Wergeland was born June 17, 1808, in Christiansand, and died August 12, 1845, in Christiania.

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer

This led to a slashing newspaper feud between Wergeland and Dahl.

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer

In the period of about a dozen years following the death of Wergeland, the life, manners, and characteristics of the Norwegian people were given the especial attention of literary writers.

From Norwegian Life by Ethlyn T. Clough

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