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Christen Pram

Norwegian/Danish economist, civil servant, and poet

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birth_name	Christen Henriksen Pram
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birth_place	Lesja, Norway
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death_place	Saint Thomas, in the Danish West Indies
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nationality	Norwegian/Danish
occupation	Economist
Civil servant
Poet
Novelist
Playwright
Diarist
Magazine editor

Civil servant Poet Novelist Playwright Diarist Magazine editor

Christen Henriksen Pram (4 September 1756 – 28 November 1821) was a Norwegian/Danish economist, civil servant, poet, novelist, playwright, diarist and magazine editor. He is held as the first Norwegian novelist, although his writing was carried out in the Danish language.

Personal life

Christen was born in Lesja, a son of Minister Henrik Frederik Pram and Olava Maria de Stockfleth. When he was eight years old, he moved with his family to Denmark, when his father assumed a position as vicar in Sjælland. He married Maria Magdalena Erichsen in 1782. He died on the island of Saint Thomas, in the Danish West Indies, in 1821. Pram was a member of the Norwegian Society in Copenhagen.

Career

Prom assumed various positions in Kommercekollegiet (the Copenhagen College of Commerce), where he was appointed in 1781. based on the legendary hero Starkaðr from Saxo Grammaticus monumental work Gesta Danorum. He co-founded and co-edited the cultural magazine Minerva from 1785, in cooperation with Knud Lyne Rahbek.

In 1820, as a consequence of a failed marriage and economic difficulties, he moved to the Danish West Indies to assume a position as customs inspector in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas. For his farewell party in Copenhagen, in April 1820, N. F. S. Grundtvig wrotethe son Langt højere bjerge så vide på jord. He died on Saint Thomas in 1821.

Literary works

He is regarded as the first Norwegian novelist. Among his novels are Jørgen, en Dosmers Levnedsbeskrivelse (Jørgen, the Biography of a fool) and Hans Kruuskop of 1786, and John Thral. Bidrag til Frihedens Historie (John Thral. A Contribution to the History of Freedom) of 1787. He wrote the comedy Ægteskabsskolen (The School for Marriage) in 1795. In the same year he delivered a prize-winning contribution to the preparations for a university in Norway.

Bibliography

Philippa til Erik (1779)
Emilias Kilde (1782)
Hymne til Vaaren (1784)
Stærkodder. Et Digt i femten Sange (1785)
Jørgen, en Dosmers Levnedsbeskrivelse, novel (1786)
Hans Kruuskop, novel (1786)
John Thral. Bidrag til Frihedens Historie (1787)
Om en Husmoders Pligter (1787)
Lagertha (1789), historic drama
Damon og Pythias (1790), historic drama
Frode og Fingal (1790), historic drama
Forsøg om Dragten, især for Danmark og Norge (1791)
Negeren (1791), drama
Ægteskabsskolen. Lystspil i fem Akter (1795), drama
Serenaden eller de sorte Næser (1795), drama
Forsøg om en Højskoles Anlæg i Norge (1795)
Undersøgelse om den kjøbenhavnske Waisenhusstiftelse (1796)
Brønden (1800), drama
Frokosten i Bellevue (1803), drama

References

"Christen Prams breve fra Dansk Vestindien 1820-1821".
Nettum, Rolf Nyboe. "Christen Pram". Kunnskapsforlaget.
"Christen Henriksen Pram". Kunnskapsforlaget.

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