Konrad Neumann Hjelm Dahl (24 June 1843 – 18 August 1931) was a Norwegian writer and priest.

Early and personal life

Konrad Neumann Hjelm Dahl was born on 24 June 1843 in

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to parish priest

Nils Nilssøn Dahl Niels Lauritz Dahl (18 July 1806 – 21 July 1854) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was born in Romsdal. He was the father of Walter Scott Dahl, Nikoline Harbitz, Konrad Dahl and Ulrikke Dahl, grandfather of Dagfinn Dahl and great-gra ...

and Christopha Kirstine Rønneberg. He was the brother of politician

Walter Scott Dahl Walter Scott Dahl (21 February 1839 – 4 September 1906) was a Norwegian jurist and member of the Norwegian Parliament with the Liberal Party. Biography Dahl was born in Melhus Municipality in Søndre Trondhjem county, Norway. He was the son o ...

, and writers Nikoline Harbitz and

Ulrikke Dahl Ulrikke Oluffa Antonette Dahl (10 December 1846 – 16 March 1923) was a Norwegian writer. Early and personal life Ulrikke Oluffa Antonette Dahl was born on 10 December 1846 in Melhus Municipality to Nils Nilssøn Dahl (1806–1854), a parish ...

. In September 1850, he started attending Christiania Cathedral School, having previously been homeschooled. On 15 April 1868, he married Petra Jeannette Louise Lossius. Together they had four children, including barrister

Dagfinn Dahl Dagfinn Dahl (28 January 1887 – 24 May 1967) was a Norwegian barrister who specialized in insurance law. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of priest Konrad Dahl (1843–1931) and Petra Jeannette Louise Lossius (1849–1901). He w ...

Career

After he earned his Candidatus theologiæ in 1866, he started working as a teacher at Autenrieths and Nickelsens girls schools before being appointed catechist in

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on 22 February 1868. In 1873, he was appointed prison chaplain at a Bergen penitentiary. From 1885 to 1903, he worked as a prison chaplain at Akershus County Prison and then as a chaplain at

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in Oslo. He made his debut as an author with ''Finnegutten'' in 1873. One of his most famous works was '' Løven''. Dahl, used his experiences as a prison chaplain as inspiration in his stories, such as ''Arne Livaag'' and the short story collection ''Omkring forhenværende fanger''.

Death

Dahl died on 18 August 1931 in Oslo, at the age of 88.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahl, Konrad 1843 births 1931 deaths 19th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists 19th-century Norwegian short story writers 20th-century Norwegian short story writers People from Melhus Norwegian Christian clergy Norwegian male novelists Norwegian male short story writers