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Munch, Edvard

(Encyclopedia)Munch, Edvard ĕdˈvärt mo͝ongk [key], 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris, traveled in Europe, and lived in Berlin from 1892 to 1908. He ...

Knausgård, Karl Ove

(Encyclopedia)Knausgård or Knausgaard, Karl Ove, 1968–, Norwegian writer, b. Oslo grad. Univ. of Bergen. He is best known for his six-volume autobiographical work, Min Kamp (2009–11, tr. My Struggle, 2012–18...

Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig

(Encyclopedia)Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig ĕrnst lo͝otˈvĭkh kĭrkhˈnər [key], 1880–1938, German expressionist painter and graphic artist. He studied art in Munich and was greatly impressed by the neoimpressionist...

Münch, Charles

(Encyclopedia)Münch, Charles shärl münsh [key], 1891–1968, French conductor and violinist, b. Alsace. Having conducted and directed orchestras in Paris (1933–48), Münch appeared for three seasons from 1947 ...

Munch, Andreas Peder

(Encyclopedia)Munch, Andreas Peder ändrāˈäs pāˈdər mo͞ongk [key], 1810–63, Norwegian historian and philologist. A principal figure in the Norwegian literary revival, he contributed an authoritative histor...

Heiberg, Gunnar Edvard Rode

(Encyclopedia)Heiberg, Gunnar Edvard Rode go͝onˈär ĕdˈvärd rōˈdə hāˈbârg [key], 1857–1929, Norwegian dramatist. His plays include Aunt Ulrikke (1883), The Balcony (1894, tr. 1922), and King Midas (189...

Kardelj, Edvard

(Encyclopedia)Kardelj, Edvard ĕdˈvärt kärˈdĕlyə [key], 1910–79, Yugoslavian politician. A Slovenian schoolteacher, he early joined the Yugoslav Communist party. In 1940 he became a politburo member. He was...

Grieg, Edvard Hagerup

(Encyclopedia)Grieg, Edvard Hagerup ĕdˈvär häˈgəro͞op grēg [key], 1843–1907, Norwegian composer. Grieg developed a strongly nationalistic style which made him known as “the Voice of Norway.” He receiv...

Moser, Edvard Ingjald

(Encyclopedia)Moser, Edvard Ingjald, 1962–, Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, Ph.D. Univ. of Oslo, 1995, and May-Britt Moser, 1963–, also a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, Ph.D. Univ. of Osl...
 

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