Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae (7 December 1834 – 17 March 1910) was a Norwegian historian and author. He was a professor at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

for more than thirty years.

Biography

He was born in

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and died in

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(now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Ludvig Daae (1806–35) and Sara Jessine Louise Brock (1811–91). He was a student at Christiania Cathedral School and graduated during 1852. He studied classical philology at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo) and graduated in 1859. Daae was assigned as a professor at the University of Kristiania for more than thirty years from 1876 to 1910. Daae was appointed professor of history at the University after

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had transferred to a professorship in archeology. At the time of his retirement his successor as a professor of history was Halvdan Koht. Daae published a large number of historic works and was also a frequent contributor to newspapers. Among his other works in 1880 he wrote a biography of

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and in 1899 he published an edition of

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diaries from the period 1817 to 1822. He was decorated Commander, Second Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1905. He was a Knight of the Danish

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and of the Swedish

Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of the ...

. Ludvig Daae wrote his personal memoirs in 1888-93 and in 1901. In 1944,

Wilhelm Munthe Abraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe (20 October 1883 – 18 December 1965) was a Norwegian librarian and author. He worked at the University Library of Oslo from 1903 to 1953. Personal life Munthe was born in Oslo, Kristiania (now Oslo) as the son ...

publishe
''Professor Ludvig Daae : en minnebok''
(Oslo: Cammermeyer, 1944). In 2003, Daae's great-grandson, Nicolay Heinrich Knudtzon, edited and published an edition of Daae's memoirs.

Selected works

''Kong Christiern den Førstes norske Historie''
(1879)
''Gerhard Schøning''
(1880)
''Om Humanisten og Satirikeren Johan Lauremberg''
(1884)
''Ludvig Holberg''
(1886)
''Det gamle Christiania''
(1891)

References

Other sources

* Knudtzon, Nicolay Heinrich (2003)
''Professor, Dr. Ludvig Daaes erindringer og opptegnelser om sin samtid''
(Oslo: Novus Forlag) * Dahl, Ottar (1990
''Norsk historieforskning i det 19. og 20. århundre''
Oslo: Universitetsforlaget)

External links

Listing of works by Professor Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae
1834 births 1910 deaths People from Aremark People educated at Oslo Cathedral School University of Oslo alumni 19th-century Norwegian historians Norwegian educators Academic staff of the University of Oslo Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{norway-historian-stub