About Fredrik Paasche
Lived 1886 – 1943 (aged 57). Fredrik Paasche was a Norwegian historian, literary historian, germanist and literary critic.
Johan Fredrik Paasche (born Amundsen; 3 February 1886 – 1 September 1943) was a Norwegian educator, author and literary historian.
Biography Johan Fredrik Amundsen was born in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. He was the son of Olaf Kristian Amundsen (1850–1910) and Kirsten Birgitte Paasche (1850–1915). His brother Olaf Amundsen served as County Governor of Nordland. In 1905, he took his mother's surname, Paasche.
He co-edited the series Norsk litteraturhistorie, planned jointly with Francis Bull from 1911. He wrote volume one (on Norway's and Iceland's literature until the end of the Middle Ages, published from 1923 to 1926) and volume three (on Norwegian literature from 1814 to the 1850s, published from 1927 to 1932). In 1922, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit (Kongens Fortjenstmedalje).
His other books include Gildet paa Solhaug. Ibsens nationalromantiske digtning (1908), Luther (1917), Goethe (1918), Kong Sverre (1920), Snorre Sturlason og Sturlungerne (1922) and Landet med de mørke skibene (1938).
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Who was Fredrik Paasche?
literary historian (1886–1943)
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Fredrik Paasche was born on 3 February 1886 in Bindal Municipality.
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Fredrik Paasche died on 1 September 1943 in Uppsala.
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Fredrik Paasche was a historian, literary historian, germanist and literary critic.
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Fredrik Paasche was Norwegian.
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