Johan Sebastian Welhaven

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cultural figure human literary critic poet

Johan Sebastian Welhaven was a prominent 19th-century Norwegian poet, critic, and cultural figure known for his influential role in shaping Norwegian literary life and debates about national identity.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural figure → human → literary critic → poet →
birthDate	1807-12-22 →
burialPlace	Vår Frelsers gravlund →
countryOfCitizenship	Norway →
deathDate	1873-10-21 →
educatedAt	Royal Frederick University →
employer	Royal Frederick University →
ethnicGroup	Norwegian →
familyName	Welhaven →
father	Johan Ernst Welhaven →
fieldOfWork	literary criticism → literature →
genre	lyric poetry → romantic poetry →
givenName	Johan →
influenced	Norwegian Romantic literature →
influencedBy	Danish literary tradition →
languageOfWorkOrName	Norwegian →
mother	Else Margrethe Cammermeyer →
movement	Romanticism →
name	Johan Sebastian Welhaven →
nationality	Norwegian →
notableIdea	emphasis on cultural continuity with Denmark →
notableStudent	Aasmund Olavsson Vinje →
notableWork	Halvhundrede Digte → Norges Dæmring → Nye Digte →
occupation	literary critic → poet → university teacher →
participantIn	Norwegian language struggle → Norwegian national identity debate →
placeOfBirth	Bergen → Norway →
placeOfDeath	Christiania → Norway →
positionHeld	professor of philosophy →
relative	Hjalmar Welhaven → Kristian Welhaven →
religion	Lutheranism →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Elise Welhaven →
spouse	Josephine Angelica Bidoulac →
workLocation	Christiania →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
DNVA →	foundedBy
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters →	founder
Johan Sebastian Welhaven →	name
Norwegian independence movement →	notableLeader