Henrik Wergeland

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clergyman human playwright poet social reformer writer

Henrik Wergeland was a prominent 19th-century Norwegian poet, playwright, and social reformer who became a leading voice for national identity, democracy, and cultural independence in Norway.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Henrik Wergeland canonical	4
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland	1
Wergeland	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clergyman ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ social reformer ⓘ writer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1845 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1820s ⓘ
birthDate	1808-06-17 ⓘ
birthPlace	Oslo ⓘ surface form: Kristiania Oslo ⓘ
burialPlace	Vår Frelsers gravlund ⓘ
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Wergeland Park in Kristiansand ⓘ statue at Eidsvolls plass in Oslo ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Norway ⓘ
deathDate	1845-07-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	Oslo ⓘ surface form: Kristiania Oslo ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Oslo ⓘ
employer	University of Oslo Library ⓘ
familyName	Henrik Wergeland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wergeland
father	Nicolai Wergeland ⓘ
fullName	Henrik Wergeland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland
genre	drama ⓘ essay ⓘ poetry ⓘ
givenName	Henrik ⓘ
hasSignature	Henrik Wergeland signature image ⓘ
influenced	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ⓘ Camilla Collett ⓘ Norwegian cultural nationalism ⓘ Norwegian national romanticism ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy for Jewish rights in Norway ⓘ advocacy of democracy in Norway ⓘ contributions to Norwegian national identity ⓘ promotion of cultural independence in Norway ⓘ support for religious tolerance ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Norwegian ⓘ
movement	Norwegian Romanticism ⓘ
name	Henrik Wergeland self-link ⓘ
nationality	Norwegian ⓘ
notableWork	Jan van Huysums Blomsterstykke ⓘ Jøden (The Jew) ⓘ Norges Konstitutions Historie ⓘ Skabelsen, Mennesket og Messias ⓘ
occupation	historian ⓘ librarian ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ priest ⓘ
politicalAlignment	liberal ⓘ
positionHeld	assistant at the University Library in Christiania ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
sibling	Camilla Collett ⓘ Oscar Wergeland ⓘ
spouse	Amalie Sofie Bekkevold ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norwegian independence movement → notableLeader → Henrik Wergeland ⓘ

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson → influencedBy → Henrik Wergeland ⓘ

Norges Dæmring → opposesPositionOf → Henrik Wergeland ⓘ

Henrik Wergeland → name → Henrik Wergeland self-link ⓘ

Henrik Wergeland → fullName → Henrik Wergeland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland

Henrik Wergeland → familyName → Henrik Wergeland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wergeland