Famous Norwegian Poets - Famous Poets from Norway
The Norwegian famous poets section is an educational source of information and inspiration featuring reknown Norwegian poets. Here you will find famous Norwegian Poets of our time and times past. Please let us know if we are missing a well-known Norwegian poet and we'll add him or her.
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Herman Wessel,
Johan
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Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742, Vestby – 29 December 1785, Copenhagen) was a Norwegian-Danish poet. Some of his satirical poems are still popular.. Norwegian-Danish poet
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Ibsen,
Henrik
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Jacobsen,
Rolf
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Rolf Jacobsen (March 8, 1907—February 20, 1994) could be said to be the first modernist writer in Norway. Jacobsen's career as a writer spanned more than fifty years. He is one of Scandinavia’s most distinguished poets, who launched poetic modernism in Norway with his first book, Jord og jern (Earth and Iron) in 1933. Jacobsen's work has been translated into over twenty languages. The central theme in his work is the balance between nature and technology - he was called "the Green Poet" in Norwegian literature.. Norwegian poet writer
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