Vilhelm Andersen

Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas Andersen (16 October 1864 – 3 April 1953) was a Danish author, literary historian and intellectual, who primarily focused on the study of Danish literature. He was one of the first to use the term "Golden Age of Culture" to refer to the 1800s, and his focus on bringing Danish literature to the public earned him great popularity. Andersen was instrumental in the development of the School of Radio, as a means of disseminating public education to prevent loss of cultural identity and treasures.

Biography Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas Andersen was born on 16 October 1864 in Nordrup at Ringsted in the Slagelse Municipality of Denmark, son of Frederik Vilhelm Andersen. He graduated from Sorø Academy in 1882, having studied language and literature. He continued his studies at the University of Copenhagen taking his examinations in 1888. He won the university's gold medal in Nordic philology in 1891 and took his doctorate in 1896 with his thesis Guldhornene (The Golden Horns). He was appointed a professor of Danish literature in 1908 by Copenhagen University.

In 1918 Andersen was appointed as a full professor in Nordic literature at the university, and held that post until 1930. His intellectual, historical masterpieces cover the various periods of Danish literature and attempt to bind the study of classical literature with the domestic growth in Danish and European intellectual life over the centuries. and a libretto for Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade based on Holberg's comedy. He was an honorary member of the Danish Writers Society and an honorary citizen of Ringsted.

He died on 3 April 1953 in Hillerød. A collection of his articles was published posthumously in 1986.

Selected works Andersen, Vilhelm. Gyldendal: Copenhagen (1894) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas. Nordiske forlag, E. Bojesen: Copenhagen (1896) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas. Nordiske forlag, E. Bojesen: Copenhagen (1899–1900) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gad: Copenhagen (1904) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gyldendal: Kristiania (1904) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Nordiske forlag, E. Bojesen: Copenhagen (1907) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Boghandel: Copenhagen (1909) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas. Paludan-Müller Gyldendal: Copenhagen (1910) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gyldendalske Boghandel: Copenhagen (1916) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gyldendalske Boghandel: Copenhagen (1917) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gyldendal: Copenhagen (1917) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gad: Copenhagen (1922) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Aschehoug: Copenhagen (1922) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Aschehoug: Copenhagen (1924) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. Gyldendal: Copenhagen (1933) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas; Carl S Petersen and Richard Jakob Paulli. I Gyldendal: Copenhagen (1924–34) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. GyldendalGyldendal: Copenhagen (1939) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. GyldendalGyldendal: Copenhagen (1940) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. GyldendalGyldendal: Copenhagen (1942) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. GyldendalGyldendal: Copenhagen (1948) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. GyldendalGyldendal: Copenhagen (1949) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm. GyldendalGyldendal: Copenhagen (1951) (in Danish) Andersen, Vilhelm and Per Dahl. Gyldendal: Copenhagen (1985) (in Danish)