Wergeland, Henrik Arnold

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Wergeland, Henrik Arnold (1808–45) Norwegian poet and patriot. Such works as Jan van Huysum's Flowerpiece (1840) and The English Pilot (1844) helped to establish his reputation as Norway's national poet.

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