Jens Braage Halvorsen (7 March 1845 – 22 February 1900) was a Norwegian librarian, magazine editor and literary historian. Halvorsen was born in

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, Norway. In 1866, he relocated to Christiania (now Oslo). He edited the magazine ''Ny Illustreret Tidende'' from 1880 to 1883. He is particularly known for his principal work, the encyclopedia of Norwegian writers, '' Norsk forfatterlexikon'', which was issued from 1881 until his death. The encyclopedia was finished in 1908 by

Halvdan Koht Halvdan Koht (7 July 1873 – 12 December 1965) was a Norwegian historian and politician representing the Labour Party. Born in the north of Norway to a fairly distinguished family, he soon became interested in politics and history. Sta ...

. Halvorsen was Norwegian editor for the first edition of the encyclopedia '' Salmonsens Konversations-Lexikon''. He was decorated Knight of the

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in 1896.

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1845 births 1900 deaths Writers from Bergen Norwegian literary historians Norwegian encyclopedists Norwegian librarians Norwegian magazine editors 19th-century Norwegian journalists Norwegian male journalists 19th-century Norwegian writers 19th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-historian-stub