Vilhelm Krag

Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a Norwegian poet, author, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term Sørlandet to describe a region of Norway, he was the son of Peter Rasmus Krag and younger brother of the novelist Thomas Krag.[1]

For others with the same name or surname, see Krag (surname).

Portrait of Vilhelm Krag

His first volume of poetry, which came out in 1891, included many of his best-known poems: "Fandango",[2] "Der skreg en fugl" (A bird cried), "Liden Kirsten" (Little Kirsten),[3] "Majnat" (May night), "Mens jeg venter" (While I'm waiting), "Moderen synger" (The mother sings) and "Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær" (And I will have me a sweetheart).[4]

Edvard Grieg set Krag's lyrics to music in his Opus 60, published in 1894.[5] In the early 20th century works by Krag were recorded in America by Florence Bodinoff, George Hamlin, Nathalie Hansen,[6] Eleonora Olson,[7] Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Aalrud Tillisch,[8] and Carsten Woll.[9]

Cultural offices
Preceded by
Bjørn Bjørnson		 Director of the National Theatre
1908–1911		 Succeeded by
Halfdan Christensen

References
  1. Norwegian writers 1500 to 1900 (Dictionary of literary biography v. 354) by Lanae H. Isaacson, (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning, 2010) pp. 175-187.
  2. Fandango: streaming audio ndla.no. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.
  3. Liden Kirsten: streaming audio youtube.com. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.
  4. Digte, by Vilhelm Krag, (Bergen: John Griegs Forlag, 1891).
  5. Digte af Vilhelm Krag: for en mellemstemme med piano: op. 60 by Edvard Grieg, (Copenhagen: Hansen, 1894).
  6. Liden Kirsten ucsb.edu. Retrieved: 11 September 2014.
  7. O, Herre: streaming audio archive.org. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.
  8. Der skreg en fugl: streaming audio gac.edu. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.
  9. Vilhelm Krag (author) ucsb.edu. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.

Articles in Norwegian

Poetry Collections

Vilhelm Krag at the National Jukebox

Vilhelm Krag at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project

Art song

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