thumb|right|200 px|Johan Skjoldborg '''Johan Skjoldborg''' (27 April 1861 – 22 February 1936) was a Danish educator, novelist, playwright and memoirist. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://kalliope.org/en/bio/skjoldborg |title= Johan Skjoldborg (1861–1936)|publisher= kalliope.org |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
==Biography== Johan Martinus Nielsen Skjoldborg was born in the parish of Øsløs in Thisted in north Jutland, Denmark. He was educated in Nibe and later trained as a teacher at Ranum Seminarium in Ranum. He was employed as a school teacher until he resigned in 1902. In his later years he lived in a house which was donated to him in Løgstør. Johan Skjoldborg's childhood home in Øsløs was opened as a museum in 1961 on the centenary of his birth.<ref name="snl"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.visitthy.dk/johan-skjoldborgs-hus-gdk601797 |title= Johan Skjoldborgs Hus|publisher= Visit Thy|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
Among his works are the novel ''En Stridsmand'' from 1896, the play ''Slægten'' from 1925, and the two volumes ''Min Mindebog'' from 1934/1935.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Johan Skjoldborg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://www.snl.no/Johan_Skjoldborg |language=Norwegian | accessdate=25 July 2010 }}</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last=Larsen |first=Tove Hedegaard| title=Johan Skjoldborg : en bibliografi |year=1982 |isbn=87-980556-6-6 }}
==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Johan Skjoldborg |sopt=t}} *[http://museumthy.dk/afdelinger/skjoldborgs-hus.aspx Skjoldborgs Hus website] {{Authority control}}
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