Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

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Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen


Born
in Norway
September 23, 1848

Died
October 04, 1895

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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.


Average rating: 3.86 · 153 ratings · 19 reviews · 187 distinct works
The Story of Norway

3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1897 — 57 editions
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Boyhood in Norway

3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1892 — 80 editions
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A History of Norway: From t...

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3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1900 — 35 editions
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The Story of Norway - Volume I

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014
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Essays on Scandinavian Lite...

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1895 — 64 editions
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A Good-For-Nothing

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1876 — 13 editions
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The Story of Norway - Volum...

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The Life of Goethe

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Essays on German Literature

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1893 — 32 editions
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Falconberg

2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 27 editions
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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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