About Andreas Jynge
Lived 1870 – 1955 (aged 84–85). Andreas Jynge was a Norwegian literary critic and poet.
Andreas Grimelund Jynge (3 September 1870 – 13 June 1955) was a Norwegian civil servant and writer.
He was born in Skien. He was hired as secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Labour in 1898, and was promoted to head of his department in 1912. From 1919 to 1937 he was a director in the Norwegian State Railways.
He was also a poet; his most important poetry collections were the 1896 Viser og vers and the 1903 Egne veie. He was also a theatre and literary critic in various newspapers. He was also a maternal grandson of Andreas Grimelund.
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Who was Andreas Jynge?
Norwegian poet and civil servant (1870-1955)
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Andreas Jynge was born on 3 September 1870 in Skien.
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Andreas Jynge died in 1955.
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Andreas Jynge was a literary critic and poet.
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Andreas Jynge was Norwegian.
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