Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1832

Place of Birth: Kvikne, Hedmark, Norway

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1910

Profession: writer, poet, politician, playwright, journalist, prosaist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( BYURN-s?n, Norwegian: [?bjø??stjæ??? ?bjø??s?n]; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate.
Bjørnson is considered to be one of The Four Greats (De Fire Store) among Norwegian writers, the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland.
Bjørnson is also celebrated for his lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet".



Description	Norwegian photographer father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death	12 June 1865	21 February 1949
Location of birth/death	Flekkefjord	Oslo
Work period	1900–49
Work location	Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority control	: Q144339 VIAF: 11872032 ISNI: 0000 0000 3745 2319 LCCN: no92001066 Open Library: OL465293A GND: 1061736962 WorldCat