Henrik Jæger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henrik Jæger

Norwegian literary critic

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1854

Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1895

Profession: journalist, literary critic, literary historian

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Henrik Jæger

  • Henrik Jæger (4 January 1854 – 17 December 1895) was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright. He was born in Bergen as a son of sailmaker Herman Jæger (1824–1871) and Birgitte Pedersen.
  • He was a nephew of Tycho Jæger.
  • In June 1881 he married Marie Louise Holstad (1853–1931), and their daughter Dagmar Helene Jæger (1889–1979) married Olaf Gjerløw.He is known for his early monographs on Henrik Ibsen, and for writing the first large Norwegian literary history, Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie (1896).
  • Among his plays are Løse Fugle and Arvegods.

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