Sophus Aars, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sophus Aars

Norwegian civil servant and writer

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1841

Place of Birth: Lier, Buskerud, Norway

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1931

Profession: writer, civil servant, author

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Sophus Aars

  • Sophus Christian Munk Aars (1 October 1841 – 11 April 1931) was a Norwegian civil servant and writer. He was a son of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars (1807–1865) and his wife Sofie Elisabeth Stabel.
  • He was a grandson of priest and politician Jens Aars and a first cousin of banker and politician Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars.
  • He was a second cousin of philosopher Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars and architect Harald Aars.
  • In 1885 he married Marie Fredrikke Schydtz (1804–1886).Munk enrolled as a student in 1861 and graduated with the cand.jur.
  • degree in 1868.
  • He was hired as a civil servant in the Norwegian Ministry of the Interior from 1872, and worked there until 1917.
  • He was better known for his several books, having "won himself a name in the literature" of the day, starting with 1886's I skoven ('In the Forest').
  • Most of his books were about the forest and wildlife.

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