Henrik Anker Bjerregaard
Henrik Bjerregaard anchor, ( born January 1, 1792 in Ringsaker, † April 7, 1842 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian poet and lawyer.
His parents were the regimental quartermaster and later District Judge ( Sorenskriver ) Mads Bjerregaard ( 1761-1831 ) and his wife Alethe Ørtlein ( 1756-1846 ). His father was born in Denmark. He married in 1831 the actress Henriette Hansen (14 May 1814-20. November 1892 ), daughter of the petty trader Christopher Hansen and his wife Gunhild Jensdatter.
Bjerregaard came in 1800 after initially Lom, where his father had become Sorenskriver in North Gudbrandsdal. Three years later he came to the cathedral school in Christiania. There he was soon the best student. He passed the exam of Arts in Copenhagen and should study law. Instead, he was concerned with aesthetics and wrote poems. 1811 brought him back to the father, and set him at his office. So he should prepare in practice on his exam. In 1812 he was back in Copenhagen, politically active, be patriotic circles joined and joined the " Northern Mans forening ". In June 1814 went in an open boat in the direction of Norway, but has been applied by a Swedish frigate and spent two months in Gothenburg in prison. After another stay in Halden prison he took up his law studies in Christiania in 1815 and put his state examination "cum laude". It was the first state exam, which was taken at the university. He was Advokatfullmektig ( attorney representative) in 1819, he was the lawyer for admission to the Supreme Court. But he gave up his law firm and was active in various fields, but without much success. He was strongly anti - schwqedische set and worked for it, to establish the celebration of the 17th of May in Christiania. The 20s were filled with poetic production. He led an unsettled life, became involved in the theater life and was a member of " Det dramatiske Selskab " since 1814. He sat from 1828 in the Directorate of " Offentlige Christiania Theater" and was later also the " Christiania Offentlige theater ". He was co-founder in 1827 of Christiania Aftenblad, which is mainly devoted to theater reviews. This year he was also secretary of the Supreme Court Protocol. In 1830 he was Stiftsoverettsassessor in Christiania and 1838 against the resistance of the king Supreme Court judge ( Høyesterettsassessor ), but less because of his legal lines, but rather in recognition of his poetry.
Bjerregaard and his generation regarded poetry as a contribution to nation building in Norway. It was to be a separate literature and cultural identity of the new nation. In 1820 he won the prize of 100 Speciestaler for the creation of a national anthem, which the " Selskabet for Norges Vel " ( Society of Norway's welfare ) and the businessman Marcus Ploen had advertised. Bjerregaard Sønner af Norge to a tune by Christian Blom was the meistgesungene Vaterlandslied up in the 60s of the 19th century. Then it was replaced by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's song Yes, vi elsker dette lands! He enjoyed a high reputation among his contemporaries as a poet. He published naturschildernde and patriotic poems and different occasional poems in the newspapers. His plays were also very well known. He, was inspired by Ludvig Holberg. 1825 his piece Fjeldeventyret premiered. It was the first play after 1814 and first worked with the simple life of the people. It therefore became the " National Theatre ". For this purpose, it was important that he did occur in a dialect of Norwegian Gudbrandsdalen near some figures and then the solution of the Danish language promoted.
The 30s were marked by adversity. His marriage with the very young actress was seen by many as Mesalliance. The only daughter died soon after birth. Bjerregaard was excluded from the social life of the capital. 1839 threatened him an accusation before the Imperial court for neglect of his official business. Ludvig Kristensen Daa struck him as a deputy in the Storting before, but this candidacy was thwarted by any means. He died on April 7, 1842 of a brain disease.