Henrik Jæger (4 January 1854 – 17 December 1895) was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright. He was born in

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as a son of sailmaker Herman Jæger (1824–1871) and Birgitte Pedersen. He was a nephew of Tycho Jæger. In June 1881 he married Marie Louise Holstad (1853–1931), and their daughter Dagmar Helene Jæger (1889–1979) married Olaf Gjerløw. He is known for his early monographs on Henrik Ibsen, and for writing the first large Norwegian literary history, ''Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie'' (1896). Among his plays are ''Løse Fugle'' and ''Arvegods''. In 1884 he was a co-founder of the

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

.Indbydelse til at indtræde i Norsk Kvindesags-Forening stiftet den 28de Juni 1884
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'', 18 November 1884

Selected works

*''Henrik Ibsen 1828–1888. Et litterært Livsbillede'' (1888) *''Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie'' (1896; 3 volumes; finished by Otto Anderssen after Jæger's death)

References

1854 births 1895 deaths Writers from Bergen Norwegian literary critics Henrik Ibsen researchers 19th-century Norwegian journalists Male journalists Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people {{Norway-writer-stub