Bernt Lund (July 14, 1812 – October 30, 1885) was a 19th-century Norwegian landscape artist, author and military officer.

Biography

Lund was born in Våler in

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, Norway. He took military officer exam in 1837 and spent his career in the

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advancing to Captain in 1863. However, he later resigned to dedicate himself to engineering. He also trained as an artist. He attended art school with landscape painter

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(1839-1840). He studied landscape art under the influence of

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(1844-1845). Besides painting, Lund was also active as a writer. He published a book of poetry in 1882. He especially became known as the author the poem ''Trysil-Knud'' (1861), which was used as an inspiration for the 1942 Norwegian film ''

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''. His work is also featured in Christian Tønsberg's illustrated volume ''Norge fremstillet i Tegninger'' (Norway Presented in Drawings, 1846–1848). From 1853 to 1878, Lund was employed by the

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Personal life

In 1847, he married the painter Hedevig Erichsen. He died in Christiania (now Oslo).

Gallery

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'' (1851)

References

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