Ernst Sørensen
Norwegian schoolteacher, essayist, journalist, magazine editor and language activist
About Ernst Sørensen
Lived 1903 – 1972 (aged 68). Ernst Sørensen was a Norwegian journalist and translator.
Ernst Sørensen (19 August 1903 – 24 January 1972) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, essayist, journalist, magazine editor and language activist.
Personal life Born in Tønsberg on 19 August 1903,
Career Sørensen lectured at the Bergen Waldorf School from 1935 to 1949. He edited the magazine Spektrum from 1949 to 1954, and the magazine Horisont from 1958 to 1965. He chaired the Riksmål Society from 1959 to 1961. Among his books are Demringen from 1946, and the essay collection Tegn i sol og måne from 1963.
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Norwegian schoolteacher, essayist, journalist, magazine editor and language activist (1903-1972)
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Ernst Sørensen died on 24 January 1972.
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Ernst Sørensen was a journalist and translator.
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Ernst Sørensen was Norwegian.
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