Jakob Christian Lindberg Knudsen (14 September 1858 – 21 January 1917) was a Danish author, educator and clergyman.
Biography
Jakob Knudsen was born in
Rødding
Rødding () is a town with a population of 2,783 (1 January 2024) in Southern Denmark. It is located in Vejen municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula.
History
The area around Rødding was first inhabited around 300 ...
, in the south of Denmark. Knudsen spent much of his childhood at
Aggersborg
Aggersborg is the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring fortress, and one of the largest archaeological sites in Denmark. It is located near Aggersund on the north side of the Limfjord. It consists of a circular rampart surrounded by a ditch. ...
in
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. In his youth, he was largely home schooled by his parents who followed the spiritual principals of
Grundtvig. In 1862, the family moved to Dalum, where his father was a teacher at Christen Kold Folk High School. In 1872, the family moved to
Lunderskov
Lunderskov is a railway town, with a population of 2,994 (1 January 2024),[University of Copenhagen
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. He graduated in 1881 with a
Cand.theol.
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The de ...
He started his career as a teacher at
Askov
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Minnesota State Highway 23 serves as a main route in the community, and Interstate 35 is nearby.
History
The village was originally within ...
folk high school and later worked as a priest at the village of
Mellerup in
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().[Hillerød
Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 36,604 (1 January 2025)][Birkerød
Birkerød () is a town in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is surrounded by several lakes and small woodlands. Birkerød station is located on the Nordbanen, Hillerød radial of the S-train suburban networ ...]
, where he devoted himself to writing.
''Jakob Christian Lindberg Knudsen'' (Store norske leksikon)
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Selected works
*''Den gamle præst'' (1899)
*''Gjæring – Afklaring'' (1902)
*''Inger'' (1906)
*''Fremskridt'' (1907)
*''Lærer Urup'' (1909)
*''To slægter'' (1910)
*''Rodfæstet'' (1911)
*''Angst'' (1912)
*''Mod'' (1914)
References
Further reading
*Bjerg, Svend (1982) ''Jakob Knudsen. Erfaring og fortælling''
*Schmidt, Povl (1984) ''Drømmens dør : læsninger i Jakob Knudsens forfatterskab'' (Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag)
External links
Entry in det store danskeArkiv for Dansk Litteratur - Jakob Knudsen
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1858 births
1917 deaths
Danish educators
People from Vejen Municipality
Danish male novelists
19th-century Danish novelists
20th-century Danish novelists
20th-century Danish male writers
19th-century Danish Lutheran clergy
20th-century Danish Lutheran clergy