Carl Rosenberg

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Carl Frederik Vilhelm Mathildus Rosenberg (born January 2, 1829 in Skanderborg , † December 3, 1885 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish publicist , historian and passionate supporter of Scandinavianism .

Family, youth and education

His parents were the major in the Wegekorps Gottfried Rosenberg and his wife Sophie Christine Elisabeth Dahlén, daughter of the solo dancer and printer Carl Dahlén.

On October 9, 1857, his first marriage was Ane Louise Plum (1833–1874), daughter of pastor Peter Andreas Plum in Spjellerup . His second marriage was on May 18, 1877, Marie Sophie Jacobe Nissen, née Bindesbøll (1832–1895), daughter of the judiciary and administrator Jacob Hornemann Bindesbøll in Skanderborg.

Rosenberg attended the Latin school in Viborg for 2 years . In 1846 he began to study law in Copenhagen and passed his exam in 1857. In 1858 he got a position as a kancellist and in 1863 he was fuldmægtig in the Ministry of Churches and Education. But his interests were in the artistic field. As early as 1850 he had written a paper on the peculiarities in Bellman's poetry in response to a prize tender from the university and in 1860 an illustreret Verdenshistorie , in which the focus was on cultural history. In 1861 he received his doctorate on the Roland song. He proved his poetic, especially metrical talent in 1862 with his tragic Singspiel Andvares Ring , in which he dramatized the Völsungensage. Sjælenes Ø (Island of Souls) followed in 1875 , where he processed Indian mythology in a strange letter rhyme. In Dansk Tidsskrift , Dansk Maanedsskrift and Nordisk Universitets-Tidsskrift he published a lot of papers on Scandinavian and other literature.

Journalistic work

Captured early on by liberal and national movements, the uprising in Poland in 1863 and similar events, he threw himself into daily politics with articles and satires; In particular, he dealt with the Schleswig-Holstein question, often in an oppositional attitude, which led to his having to give up his position in the ministry in 1866. He worked for the newspaper Fædrelandet (Fatherland) and from 1869 to 1872 an editor for the patriotic-Scandinavian newspaper Heimdal . From 1873 to 1874 he was an editor at Dansk Ugeblad (Danish weekly paper). From 1871 he published a series of small papers for “Folkeoplysningsselskabet” (Society for Popular Education): “Træk af Livet paa Island i Fristatstiden” (features from the life of Iceland in the Free State; 1871), “Internationale” (1872), “Danmark i 1848 "(1873)," Gustav Adolf "(1879) and" Folkeudgaven af ​​P. Palladius 'Visitatsbog "(popular edition of Peder Palladius' visitation book; 1884).

His pronounced liberalism was soon disappointed by developments in his home country after 1864. He became a decided opponent of the party “Venstre”, whose alliance with the Grundtvigians he valued as “Alliancen mellem Aand og Uaand” (Alliance of spirit and demon). The reason for this was that she took a different stance on the defense issue than he did. He advocated a strong military renewal of the defense of Danish waters. “Venstre” wanted to trust a strict policy of neutrality.

He was very committed to the national movement, supported the introduction of Old Norse in schools in 1863, called for Iceland to be independent and repeatedly fought for the all-Scandinavian idea, which he saw as a guarantee for Denmark's future. In 1863 he spent half a year in Norway and Sweden. In 1864 he wrote a draft for a Nordic Union, which the Swedish King Charles XV. in the same year made the basis of the negotiations he conducted with the Danish government. He worked out the idea of ​​union in his article "Den politiske Skandinavisme". In 1865 he was a co-founder of "Nordisk Samfund". He wrote the series Blade til Menigmand fra danske Skandinaver (sheet for the common man by Danish Scandinavians) on the same matter from 1867 to 1869 , which later became Ugeblade til Menigmand (weekly paper for the common man).

In 1874 he visited King Christian IX's entourage . Iceland on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary. His patriotism restricted his scientific work. He saw the Roland song as evidence of the predominant influence of the Scandinavians on French medieval literature. His main work is Nordboernes Aandsliv fra Oldtiden til vore Dage (The spiritual life of the inhabitants of the north from the early days to our days), on which he has been working since 1878. Until his death he had been able to cover the period up to 1720 in three volumes. As important as this comparative Nordic cultural and intellectual history is, in terms of his basic attitude, the exchange with the many intellectual currents from the rest of Europe was neglected, and he gave the impression that the Scandinavian intellectual life had mainly developed from itself .

In 1884 he got a job at the university as a lecturer in Nordic languages ​​and literature, but soon fell ill and died the following year.

Remarks

The article is based on Dansk biografisk lexikon . Any other information is shown separately.

  1. ↑ The Wegekorps was a military engineering unit, similar to the pioneers. It was incorporated into the engineering corps in 1833.
  2. ↑ Kancellist was an assistant in an office.
  3. ↑ "Fuldmægtig" was the lowest step in the career.
  4. ↑ Elberling p. 386.
  5. ↑ The defense matter (Forsvarsagen) dealt with the consequences of the Peace of Vienna of October 30, 1864. There were fears that a strong Prussian fleet in Kiel would gain control of the nearby Baltic Sea waters, so that the safe connection between the Danish islands would no longer be guaranteed. The question was how to counter this, and it remained under discussion until the beginning of the 19th century.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Elberling p. 387.

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personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosenberg, Carl Frederik Vilhelm Mathildus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish publicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Skanderborg
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1885
Place of death Copenhagen