Henrik Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the development of a distinctly Norwegian literary heritage and of modern Norwegian culture.
We were asked to make a Exhibition of his life, made for kids.
We choose to pin point some of his most famous contributions in a mix between photo, illustration and audio.
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The illustrated elements.
/The Spokesman of children:
"Also we are a nation,
we small ones just two feet tall:
joyful in our fatherland,
we are the many.
joyful in our fatherland,
we are the many.
Our heart knows, and our eyes see,
the good and beauty of the country;
on our tongues is one of many songs
of praise, Norway’s Anthem."
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/The man of Nature:
"Dim spaces filled with incense fine,
A choir thou hast, a holy shrine,
But ne’er an image there;
For sinless Nature, who did base
Thy root, to God speaks face to face,
Nor needs, like man, who fell from grace,
To mediate her prayer."
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/The romantic poet:
"Love, while you lay by my beating heart,
What burgeoning blossoms seemed to start!
Blossoms that lived, and dreamed, and thought."
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/The Defender of freedom:
"Onward yet, brave words, undaunted,
howso few!
Earthly triumph has to you
by the God of light been granted,
who are serving
truth, his child, with faith unswerving.
Forward, words, the truth’s selected
Hero band!
Soon in human hearts shall stand
your victorious tents erected;
glory sweeping
sunlit folds above your sleeping."
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/The Advocate for democracy:
"Stupidity leads to slavery.
Enlightenment leads to freedom."
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