About Oskar Mosfjeld
Lived 1896 – 1977 (aged 81). Oskar Mosfjeld was a Norwegian literary historian and biographer.
Frantz Oskar Mosfjeld (20 January 1896 – 21 April 1977) was a Norwegian literary scholar known for his widely cited (in the field) opus magnum on Henrik Ibsen's biography, Henrik Ibsen og Skien: En biografisk og litteratur-psykologisk studie, published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag in 1949, and for which he was awarded the philosophical doctorate in 1950. He worked as a lecturer at Vestheim skole until retiring in 1963.
Publications «Vildanden», Edda 56 (1956) nr 1-4 (Ibsen-jubileumsnummer) «Det menneskelige innhold i Vildanden», Ibsenårbok, 1952 Henrik Ibsen og Skien: En biografisk og litteratur-psykologisk studie, Oslo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1949
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Literary scholar (1896–1977)
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Oskar Mosfjeld was born on 20 January 1896.
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Oskar Mosfjeld died on 21 April 1977.
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Oskar Mosfjeld was a literary historian and biographer.
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Oskar Mosfjeld was Norwegian.
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