Claus Pavels Riis (February 19, 1826 – October 8, 1886) was a Norwegian author. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

and was the grandson of the priest and bishop

Claus Pavels Claus Pavels (8 January 1769 – 16 February 1822) was a Norwegian priest and diarist. His diaries from 1812 to 1822 are an important source for cultural and biographical history. He was the Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1817 until 1 ...

. Riis is now best known for writing the poem "Eg heiter Anne Knutsdotter" (I Am Called Anne Knutsdotter, 1869). During his lifetime, he was a popular author of plays and student songs under the pseudonym Crispinus before he settled in

Tysnes Tysnes () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other population centres in Tysnes include the villages of Våge and Onarh ...

as a landowner and gardener. Riis's play ''Til Sæters: dramatisk Idyl med Sange'' (To the Mountain Pastures: A Dramatic Idyll with Songs, 1850) was very popular on Norwegian stages for many years. This work was the basis for the silent comedy film ''

Til sæters ''Til sæters'' (To the Mountain Pastures) is a Norwegian silent comedy film from 1924 directed by Harry Ivarson (his first Norwegian film). He also wrote the screenplay based on Claus Pavels Riis's 1850 musical ''Til Sæters: dramatisk Idyl me ...

'', which premiered in 1924. In the 1860s, Riis published his grandfather's autobiography and diaries. Claus Pavels's diaries are an important contribution to Norwegian historiography from circa 1814. The street ''Claus Riis gate'' in Oslo's Ila neighborhood is named after Claus Riis.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Riis, Claus Pavels 1826 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian songwriters People from Tysnes