Dorothe Engelbretsdatter
Dorothe or Dorthe Engelbretsdatter (born January 16, 1634 in Bergen , † February 19, 1716 ) was a Norwegian writer of the Baroque era . She wrote religious poems and hymns .
Life
Engelbretsdatter's parents were Engelbret Jørgensen , who was rector of the Bergen Cathedral School until 1647 and then pastor at St. Olav Cathedral , and his wife Anna Wrangel . She grew up in Bergen, which was the largest city in Norway at the time, but also spent three years in Copenhagen . On October 24, 1652 she was married to Ambrosius Hardenbeck , who succeeded him as pastor after the death of her father. The couple had nine children; but within a few years they all died, and so did the husband.
Her first publication was in 1678 Siælens Sang-Offer ( Eng . Sangesopfer der Seele ), a collection of religious songs, which is also considered her main work. In 1685, two years after the death of her husband , her second major work appeared with the poetry cycle Andægtige Taareoffer for bodfærdige Syndere ( Eng . Devotional tear offerings for penitent sinners ), based on a book by Heinrich Müller . Her songs were easy to learn and easy to sing, which contributed to the broad anchoring of her music in Scandinavian worship.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Laila Akslen: Dorothe Engelbretsdatter in the Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
- ↑ Engelbretsdatter (Dorthe) in Rasmus Nyerup and Jens Edvard Kraft: Almindeligt Litteraturlexicon for Danmark, Norge, og Iceland . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1820
- ↑ a b Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 155.
- ↑ Dorothe Engelbretsdatter in the Norske Leksikon store
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelbretsdatter, Dorothe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engelbretsdatter, Dorthe; Angel bread yolk, Dorothe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1634 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1716 |
| Place of death | Bergen , Norway |