{{Short description|Norwegian journalist and playwright (1889–1962)}} {{Use dmy dates | date=November 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Helge Krog | image = Helge Krog in 1919 (crop).jpg | alt = | caption = Helge Krog in 1919 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|2|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kristiania, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|7|30|1889|2|9|df=yes}} | death_place = | other_names = | spouse = {{plainlist| *{{marriage|Eli Meyer|1912|1947|end= divorce}} *{{marriage|Tordis Maurstad|1949}} }} | parents = {{plainlist| *Cecilie Thoresen Krog *Fredrik Arentz Krog}} | children = | relatives = Gina Krog (aunt) | occupation = {{flatlist| * Journalist * essayist * theatre and literary critic * translator * playwright }} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = }} '''Helge Krog''' (9 February 1889 – 30 July 1962) was a Norwegian journalist, essayist, theatre and literary critic, translator and playwright.
==Personal life== Krog was born in Kristiania, the son of jurist Fredrik Arentz Krog and Ida Cecilie Thoresen.<ref name=nbl/> His mother, a well-known feminist, was the first female student in Norway in 1882,<ref name=snl-ctk>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cecilie Thoresen Krog |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Cecilie_Thoresen_Krog |language=Norwegian | accessdate=28 December 2009 }}</ref> and his father's sister, Gina Krog, was a central figure in the Norwegian women's suffrage movement.<ref>{{Citation|last=Moksnes|first=Aslaug|title=Gina Krog|date=2014-09-29|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Gina_Krog|work=Norsk biografisk leksikon|language=no|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> He was married to writer and publicist Eli Meyer from 1912 to 1947, and to actress Tordis Maurstad from 1949.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Helge Krog |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Rottem |authorlink=Øystein Rottem |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Helge_Krog/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=28 December 2009 }}</ref>
==Career== Krog graduated as cand.oecon. in 1911. He worked for the newspaper ''Verdens Gang'' from 1912, and from 1914 as a theatre and literary critic. He later worked for the newspapers ''Tidens Tegn'', ''Arbeiderbladet'' and ''Dagbladet''.<ref name=nbl/> He issued the article collection ''{{lang|no|Meninger om bøker og forfattere}}'' in 1929 (lit. ''Opininons on books and writers''), and a second collection, ''{{lang|no|Meninger om mange ting}}'' in 1933.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Helge Krog |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Helge_Krog |language=Norwegian | accessdate=28 December 2009 }}</ref>
His first play was the press comedy ''{{lang|no|Det store Vi}}'' from 1917,<ref name=nbl/> which was staged at several Scandinavian theatres.<ref name=snl/> The play was a great success at Nationaltheatret with almost sixty performances, Gerda Ring playing the "shop girl" character, and August Oddvar the "young journalist".<ref name=n50>{{cite book |title=Nationaltheatret gjennom femti år |first=Anton |last=Rønneberg |author-link=Anton Rønneberg |year=1949 |page=60 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian }}</ref> The play ''På solsiden'' from 1927 was later basis for a film (in 1956).<ref name=snl/> Other plays were ''Konkylien'' from 1929, and ''Don Juan'' (together with Sigurd Hoel, from 1930).<ref name=nbl/> The plays ''Underveis'' (1931) and ''Opbrudd'' (1936) treat women's role in society and were also of interest during the feminist movement of the 1970s.<ref name=nbl/>
During the interwar period Krog became known as a member of the "radical triumvirate", along with Arnulf Øverland and Sigurd Hoel.<ref name=nbl/>
==World War II== During the last part of World War II Krog lived in exile in Sweden, where he contributed to the magazine ''Håndslag''.<ref name=luihn-1960>{{cite book|title=De illegale avisene |first=Hans |last=Luihn |pages=178–179 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo / Bergen |year=1960 }}</ref> He published, under pseudonym, the critical article "Nazi-Tysklands krigspotensial og den 6-te kolonne i Norge" in 1944,<ref name=kl>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Ringdal |first=Nils Johan |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |title=Krog, Helge |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor2-link=Guri Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor3-link=Berit Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor4-link=Nils Johan Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |editor5-link=Øystein Sørensen |url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/k/k5.html#krog-helge |accessdate=28 December 2009 |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=235 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105113104/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/k/k5.html#krog-helge |archivedate=5 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name=kl-6tekolonne>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Ringdal |first=Nils Johan |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |title=6-te kolonne |language=no |editor=Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s4.html#6-te |accessdate=28 December 2009 |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=380 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525035438/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s4.html#6-te |archive-date=25 May 2011 }}</ref> an article which was subject to much debate, also after the war.<ref name=hf>{{cite book|title=Norge i Krig. Hjemmefront |volume=6 |chapter=Helge Krogs ''6te kolonne'': Norsk industri under krigen |author1=Kraglund, Ivar |author2=Moland, Arnfinn |author2-link=Arnfinn Moland |page=224 |editor=Skodvin, Magne |editor-link=Magne Skodvin |language=Norwegian |year=1987 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |isbn=82-03-11421-0}}</ref> The pamphlet was reissued in an expanded version in 1946, questioning the contributions from the Norwegian large-scale industry to the warfare of Nazi Germany ({{langx|no|6. kolonne -? Om den norske storindustriens bidrag til Nazi-Tysklands krigføring}}).<ref name=nbl/>
He died in Oslo.
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