Björnsen, a Norwegian author, born at Kvikne; composed tales, dramas, and lyrics, all of distinguished merit and imbued with a patriotic spirit; his best play “Sigurd the Bastard”; an active and zealous promoter of liberalism, sometimes extreme, both in religion and politics; his writings are numerous, and they rank high; his songs being highly appreciated by his countrymen; (b. 1832).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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