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Johan Skjoldborg (27 April 1861 – 22 February 1936) was a Danish educator,
Skjoldborgs Hus website
1861 births 1936 deaths People from Thisted Municipality Danish educators 19th-century Danish memoirists 19th-century male writers 20th-century Danish memoirists Danish male novelists Danish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights {{Denmark-writer-stub
Johan Skjoldborg (27 April 1861 – 22 February 1936) was a Danish educator, novelist
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, playwright
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Etymology
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and memoirist.
Biography
Johan Martinus Nielsen Skjoldborg was born in the parish of Øsløs inThisted
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, Denmark.
He was educated in Nibe
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Ranum is a town in the community of Løgstør and the Vesthimmerland Municipality in Denmark
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. He was employed as a school teacher until he resigned in 1902. In his later years he lived in a house which was donated to him in Løgstør
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. Johan Skjoldborg's childhood home in Øsløs was opened as a museum in 1961 on the centenary of his birth.
Among his works are the novel ''En Stridsmand'' from 1896, the play ''Slægten'' from 1925, and the two volumes ''Min Mindebog'' from 1934/1935.
References
Further reading
*External links
*Skjoldborgs Hus website
1861 births 1936 deaths People from Thisted Municipality Danish educators 19th-century Danish memoirists 19th-century male writers 20th-century Danish memoirists Danish male novelists Danish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights {{Denmark-writer-stub