Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold (26 June 1846 – 25 July 1926) was a

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civil servant and music writer. He was born in Saude as a son of vicar Bernt Olaus Grønvold (1819–1900). He was a third cousin of painters Bernt and

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and educator Didrik Grønvold, and a granduncle of Odd Grønvold. He graduated with the

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degree, and from 1885 to 1906 he was a deputy under-secretary of state in the

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. In 1906 he was appointed as private secretary to

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. Grønvold was also a

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in the newspapers ''

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'' from 1867 to 1881 and ''

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'' from 1881 to 1886, and issued books in this field. He was also

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of the

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, from 1904. He died in 1926.

References

1846 births 1926 deaths People from Sauherad Norwegian civil servants Norwegian music critics 20th-century Norwegian civil servants 20th-century Norwegian writers 19th-century Norwegian civil servants 19th-century Norwegian writers Honorary Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order {{Norway-writer-stub