Petter Dass

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Seal and signature of the artist from 1701
The “Petter Dass Museum” in Alstahaug, designed by the Snøhetta architectural office

Petter Dass (* about 1646 in Helgeland ; † 17th August 1707 in Alstahaug ) was a Norwegian theologian , poet and writer of hymns .

Life

That was the son of the Scottish merchant Peter Dundas, who emigrated to Northern Norway , and Maren Falchs, daughter of the bailiff of Helgeland , Peter Jakobsson Falck. He grew up in Nærøy in Trøndelag and went to school in Bergen . After studying theology in Copenhagen , he worked there from 1665 to 1667 as a private tutor . In 1669 he was promoted to chaplain of Nesna , in 1689 he became pastor of the parish of Alstahaug . In addition to his pastoral work, he was also active in coastal trade. Especially during his time as a chaplain, he suffered great economic hardship, like the entire northern Norwegian population.

Create

Petter Dass is one of Norway's most important poets of the 17th century . In the style of Martin Luther's little catechism , Dass wrote hymns and sang the life of his Norwegian homeland in popular ways. In the 16 stanzas of his psalm adaptation Herre Gud, ditt dyre navn og ære , a praise of creation , he leads z. B. among other things, all fish living off the coast of Helgeland by name. His poems were often means to the end of his pastoral work.

The baroque poetry is related Nordland Trompet (The Trumpet of the North country), a detailed and interesting cultural and historical description of the hard and simple life of Norwegian farmers and fishermen.

Works

  • Aandelig Tidsfordriv eller Bibelske Viisebog , 1711
  • Catechism Chant , 1714
  • Nordland's Trumpet , 1739
  • The Nordske Dale-Viise , ca.1670

expenditure

  • Samlede Verker , 3 volumes, ed. by Kjell Heggelund. Gyldendal, Oslo 1997

Translations

  • The Trumpet of the North Country and Other Poems . Translated from the Norwegian by Ludwig Passarge. Gotha 1897

literature

  • Elias Muribø: Petter Dass. Brun, Trondheim 1947.
  • Kåre Hansen: Petter Dass, mennesket, makten og mytene. 2006, ISBN 978-82-997397-0-2 .
  • Sverre Inge Apenes: Report om Petter Dass. Presten som dictet til folk. Gyldendal, Oslo 1978, ISBN 82-05-11406-4 .
  • Laila Akslen: Norsk baroque. Dorothe Engelbredsdatter and Petter Dass i retorisk tradisjon. Cappelen, Oslo 1997, ISBN 82-456-0445-3 (LNUs script series, 109).

Web links

Commons : Petter Dass  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Ansgar 2014. Yearbook of the St. Ansgarius Work , p. 71.
personal data
SURNAME That, Petter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian lyric poet and psalmist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH Helgeland
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1707
Place of death Alstahaug