Didrik Hegermann Grønvold (16 December 1855 – 24 March 1928) was a Norwegian educator and writer. He was born in

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as a son of vicar Christian August Grønvold (1810–1889), and was a brother of painters

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and Marcus Grønvold and third cousin of

Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold (26 June 1846 – 25 July 1926) was a Norwegian civil servant and music writer. He was born in Saude as a son of vicar Bernt Olaus Grønvold (1819–1900). He was a third cousin of painters Bernt and Marcus Grønvold an ...

. He spent most of his career as an educator in Bergen and

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, and was also a writer. His best novel was ''Storstadsgutter'' (1885).

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1855 births 1928 deaths Schoolteachers from Bergen 19th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists Writers from Bergen {{Norway-novelist-stub