Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henrik Anker Bjerregaard

Norwegian writer and jurist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1792

Place of Birth: Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1842

Profession: judge, writer, poet, poet lawyer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Henrik Anker Bjerregaard

  • Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1 January 1792 – 7 April 1842) was a Norwegian poet, dramatist and judge. Born in Ringsaker, he grew up in VÃ¥gÃ¥ from the age of eight.
  • He studied at the University of Copenhagen, but returned to Norway in 1814 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur.
  • degree in 1815.
  • He climbed the career ladder as a jurist, was a solicitor and chief justice in the diocesan court of Christiania before being appointed as a Supreme Court Assessor in 1830.
  • He remained in this position until his death. Bjerregaard was also a prominent lyricist.
  • Together with Conrad Nicolai Schwach and Maurits Hansen he was among the most important lyricists after Norway's independence in 1814, in the generation before Henrik Wergeland and Johan Sebastian Welhaven.
  • According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Bjerregaard had a "varied talent", and his body of work contains "some charming studies from nature, and admirable patriotic songs".
  • In 1820, Bjerregaard had entered a contest to write the new national anthem of Norway, and his hymn Sønner af Norge, melody written by Christian Blom, was selected as the winner.
  • The song stood as the national anthem of Norway until 1864, when Ja, vi elsker dette landet was written.
  • Bjerregaard also wrote plays, including Fjeldeventyret (1825) and Magnus Barfods Sønner (1830), and was a theatre critic.
  • However, he largely ceased his literary production after his 1830 appointment as Supreme Court Assessor.Bjerregaard was married to actress Henriette Hansen, who was several years his junior.
  • He died on April 7, 1842, aged 50, and was buried at VÃ¥r Frelsers gravlund.
  • The road Bjerregaards vei in Oslo has been named after him.

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