''Læsebog i Modersmaalet'' (informally referred to as "Pauss og Lassen"), later titled ''Hjemme og ute'' and ''Heime og ute'', was a
reading book series that was published in numerous editions between 1884 and 1958 and that was widely used in the school system of Norway for around 80 years. The work's original authors were
Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss
Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (born 6 April 1839 at Tangen, Drammen, died 9 November 1907 in Christiania) was a Norwegian theologian, educator, author and humanitarian and missionary leader, who was a major figure in girls' education in Norway in his ...
and
Hartvig Lassen
Hartvig Marcus Lassen (9 August 1824 – 9 August 1897) was a Norwegian editor, educator and literary historian.
Personal life
He was born in Bergen, Norway as a son of police chief and burgomaster Albert Lassen (1783–1860) and his wife Abigael ...
. After Lassen's death, the series was edited by Pauss and
Andreas Martin Corneliussen, and after Pauss' death by Corneliussen and
Olaf Ellefsen. From 1921, the work was edited by
Mathilde Munch and
Sven Svensen and retitled ''Hjemme og ute''. At times, the series was used by half of all pupils in Norwegian schools.
The first edition was published eight years before
Nordahl Rolfsen
Johan Nordahl Brun Rolfsen (12 June 1848 – 18 January 1928) was a Norwegian writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker. He is best known for the series of five readers for elementary school, (1892–1895), w ...
's ''
Læsebog for Folkeskolen'', and was more strongly characterized by the continuity from the Danish literary heritage, although it also featured the first contours of the Norwegian literary golden age.
[Sverre Sletvold, ''Norske lesebøker 1777–1969'', Trondheim, Universitetsforlaget, 1971, passim]
References
Norwegian books
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