Henrik Krohn (10 May 1826 – 14 June 1879) was a Norwegian poet, magazine editor and proponent for

Nynorsk language Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

Biography

Krohn was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

on 10 May 1826. Among his works is the poetry collection ''Smaakvæde'' from 1867. He founded the

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

organization Vestmannalaget in 1868, and edited the organization's magazine ''Fraa by og bygd''. A collection of his works was published in 1909.

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1826 births 1879 deaths Writers from Bergen 19th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian magazine editors Nynorsk 19th-century Norwegian journalists Norwegian male journalists 19th-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-writer-stub