Carl Schøyen (6 July 1877 – 5 March 1951) was a Norwegian poet and non-fiction writer. He was born in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

, and his family later moved to

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. A summer with his uncle at

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at Røst was influential for his later literary career. He made his literary debut in 1895 with the poetry collection ''Melodier''. Among his other books are ''Tre stammers møte'' from 1918, and ''I Sameland'' from 1924. He argued for the preservation of nature, including protection of the

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and

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s, and of the forests of

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. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1948.

References

External links

''Melodier'' - poetry book written by Carl Schøyen at Norwegian National Library

''Tre stammers møte'' - book written by Carl Schøyen at Norwegian National Library

Carl Schøyen's family tree at Geni.com
1877 births 1951 deaths Writers from Kristiansand 19th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian environmentalists 19th-century Norwegian male writers Norwegian male non-fiction writers {{Norway-writer-stub