Johan Sebastian Welhaven

Johan Sebastian Welhaven was born in Bergen on 22 December 1807, the son of a pastor. He began studying theology, abandoned it for literature, and made a living from lessons and drawing. The most constant adversary of Henrik Wergeland, he was loved by the latter's sister, the future novelist Camilla Collett. Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Christiania in 1840, then professor in 1846, he also headed the Society of Arts. He died in Christiania on 21 October 1873.

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• PoetryNorges DæmringJohan Sebastian Welhaven · 1834not translated into EnglishLiterature