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Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

Born

in Norway

September 23, 1848

Died

October 04, 1895

Genre

Fiction, History, Poetry

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Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen was a Norwegian-American author and college professor.

Through his public lectures, Boyesen won a reputation as an excellent lecturer. He was a prolific writer, and, over 20 years, he published 25 books including novels, short stories, poems, and literary criticism. He also published short stories, essays, and book reviews in periodicals. Boyesen is more commonly known for his works of popular fiction. His most successful books have remained those based upon Norwegian culture and habits. He wrote many books of fiction for adults and children and some poetry. He is best remembered for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, which is generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America.

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Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 158 ratings · 20 reviews · 197 distinct works

	The Story of Norway 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1897 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boyhood in Norway 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1892 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Norway: From the Earliest Times by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, Charles Francis Keary (Contributor) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1900 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on Scandinavian Literature 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1895 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Good-For-Nothing liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1876 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Goethe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goethe And Schiller: Their Lives And Works Including A Commentary On Goethe's Faust it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on German Literature it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1893 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falconberg 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1874 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“and that their conquering hordes spread northward, subduing the Finns and Lapps, whom they found in possession of the land, partly exterminating them, partly forcing them up into the barren mountains of the extreme North.”
― Hjalmar H. Boyesen, The Story of Norway

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