Bjornson, Bjornstjerne Martinius

Norwegian novelist, poet, dramatist and a Nobel Laureate. Bjornson also earned repute as an editor, theatre director, political leader and one of the leading public figures of his day. His plays hold an important place in Norwegian dramatic literature. His poem Yes, We Love This Land is the Norwegian national anthem.
Through his writings, he wanted to instill national pride in the Norwegian people. He wrote many novels, plays and poems. These include Sunny Hill (1857), Between the Battles (1857), Lame Hulda (1858), The Happy Boy (1860), Marie Stuart Skotland (1864), The Fisher Girl (1868) and Arnljot Gelline (1870). For his literary achievements he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1903.
His most famous plays and novels include The Bankrupt (1875), The New System (1879), The Heritage of the Kurts (1884), and In God's Way (1889).
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Norwegian novelist, poet, dramatist and a Nobel Laureate. Bjornson also earned repute as an editor, theatre director, political leader and one of the leading public figures of his day.;