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4 unusual facts about Johan Nordahl Brun


Johan Nordahl Brun

Denne var en tid kjøpmann i Trondheim, før han slo seg ned som bonde på gården Høyem på Byneset, siden på Lille Ugla i Klæbu.

Johan Nordahl Brun (21 March 1745 in Trondheim—26 July 1816) was the poet, dramatist, bishop in Bergen (1804-1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of National Romanticism in Norway, contributing to the growing national consciousness.

Nordahl Grieg (Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg) was a descendant of the bishop and was named after him.

He became a minister of the Parish in the Church of the Cross from 1774 until 1804 when he became the Bishop of Bergen.



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