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Arne Garborg

Arne Garborg (1851-1924) was a Norwegian writer. He was born in Time, Norway. He was married to Hulda Garborg.

Garborg championed the use of Nynorsk, or New Norwegian, as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it. He also founded the weekly Fedraheim in 1877, by which he urged reforms in many spheres, such as political, social, religious, agrarian, and linguistic.

External links

Arne Garborg, Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/G/Garborg.asp)

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