Henrik Jæger

Henrik Jæger (4 January 1854 – 17 December 1895) was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright.

Henrik Jæger
Born(1854-01-04)4 January 1854
Bergen, Norway
Died17 December 1895(1895-12-17) (aged 41)
Kristiania
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)literary historian, literary critic and playwright
Notable work
  • Henrik Ibsen 1828–1888. Et litterært Livsbillede (1888)
  • Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie (1896)
RelativesTycho Jæger (uncle)

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),[1] and their daughter Dagmar Helene Jæger (1889–1979) married Olaf Gjerløw.[2]

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.[1][3]

In 1884 he was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.[4]

Selected works
  • Henrik Ibsen 1828–1888. Et litterært Livsbillede (1888)
  • Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie (1896; 3 volumes; finished by Otto Anderssen after Jæger's death)

References
  1. Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "Henrik Jæger". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. Bonde, Arne. "Olaf Gjerløw". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. "Henrik Bernhard Jæger". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  4. "Indbydelse til at indtræde i Norsk Kvindesags-Forening stiftet den 28de Juni 1884," Bergens Tidende, 18 November 1884
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