Old language traditions were revived by the patriotic poet Henrik Wergeland (1808–1845), who championed an independent non-Danish written language.
His great-grandfather, Andrew Chrystie (1697–1760), was born in Dunbar, and belonged to the Scottish Clan Christie.
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The phrase I die a deist, an honest worshiper of Allah, may point to his religious tolerance, and the fact that Christian Arabs in the Middle East use the word Allah for the Christian god, as does the Indonesian Bible.
Henrik Ibsen | Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark | Niels Henrik Abel | Henrik Steffens | Henrik Hertz | Fredrik Henrik af Chapman | Henrik Shipstead | Henrik Schyffert | Henrik Nikolai Krøyer | Henrik Larsson | Henrik Jonback | Henrik Holm | Henrik Andenæs | Karl-Henrik Robèrt | Henrik Wergeland | Henrik Stenson | Henrik Sillem | Henrik Mohn | Henrik Kildentoft | Henrik Ehrnrooth | Henrik Brockmann | Lars-Henrik Schmidt | Jan-Henrik Fredriksen | Henrik Zetterberg | Henrik Vibskov | Henrik Tallinder | Henrik Steffens Hagerup | Henrik S. Järrel | Henrik Sedin | Henrik Pontoppidan |
Other buildings of note are Eilert Sundt's house, the social studies building; the humanities buildings, named after Sophus Bugge, Henrik Wergeland, Niels Treschow and P. A. Munch; Frederikke, the welfare building; and Niels Henrik Abel's house, for mathematical studies, the biology building, named after Kristine Bonnevie, the first female professor at Oslo University.