{{Short description |Norwegian historian}} {{Use dmy dates | date=January 2024}} thumb|right|200 px|Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae '''Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae''' (7 December 1834 – 17 March 1910) was a Norwegian historian and author. He was a professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years. ==Biography== He was born in Aremark in Østfold and died in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Ludvig Daae (1806–1835) and Sara Jessine Louise Brock (1811–1891). He was a student at Christiania Cathedral School and graduated during 1852. He studied classical philology at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo) and graduated in 1859.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae |first=Gunnar Christie |last=Wasberg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Ludvig_Ludvigsen_Daae |language=Norwegian|access-date=19 November 2011}}</ref>
Daae was assigned as a professor at the University of Kristiania for more than thirty years from 1876 to 1910. Daae was appointed professor of history at the University after Oluf Rygh had transferred to a professorship in archeology. At the time of his retirement his successor as a professor of history was Halvdan Koht.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://nbl.snl.no/Oluf_Rygh|title= Oluf Rygh |publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon |author= Åsmund Svendsen |access-date= February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://nbl.snl.no/Halvdan_Koht|title= Halvdan Koht |publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon|author= Åsmund Svendsen|access-date= February 1, 2018}}</ref>
Daae published a large number of historic works and was also a frequent contributor to newspapers. Among his other works in 1880 he wrote a biography of Ludvig Holberg and in 1899 he published an edition of Claus Pavels{{'s}} diaries from the period 1817 to 1822. He was decorated Commander, Second Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1905. He was a Knight of the Danish Order of Dannebrog and of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Åsmund |last=Svendsen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ludvig_Ludvigsen_Daae/utdypning |language=Norwegian|access-date=19 November 2011}}</ref>
Ludvig Daae wrote his personal memoirs in 1888–1893 and in 1901. In 1944, Wilhelm Munthe published [https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007011800005 ''Professor Ludvig Daae : en minnebok''] (Oslo: Cammermeyer, 1944). In 2003, Daae's great-grandson, Nicolay Heinrich Knudtzon, edited and published an edition of Daae's memoirs. <ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/skandalose-kroniker/65942160|title= Skandaløse krøniker |publisher= Dagbladet |author= Espen Søbye|date= 26 January 2004 |access-date= February 1, 2018}}</ref>
==Selected works== *[https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Kong_Christiern_den_F%C3%B8rstes_norske_Historie ''Kong Christiern den Førstes norske Historie''] (1879) *[https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Gerhard_Sch%C3%B8ning ''Gerhard Schøning''] (1880) *[https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Om_Humanisten_og_Satirikeren_Johan_Lauremberg ''Om Humanisten og Satirikeren Johan Lauremberg''] (1884) *[https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Ludvig_Holberg_(Daae) ''Ludvig Holberg''] (1886) *[https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Det_gamle_Christiania ''Det gamle Christiania''] (1891)
==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other sources== *Knudtzon, Nicolay Heinrich (2003) [https://www.haugenbok.no/Fagboeker/Spraakvitenskap/Professor,-Dr.-Ludvig-Daaes-erindinger-og-opptegnelser-om-sin-samtid/I9788270993611 ''Professor, Dr. Ludvig Daaes erindringer og opptegnelser om sin samtid''] (Oslo: Novus Forlag) {{ISBN|82-7099-361-1}} *Dahl, Ottar (1990) [https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/2bf032f01f7d8b1fe5cda9ee7729d576?lang=no ''Norsk historieforskning i det 19. og 20. århundre''](Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) {{ISBN|82-00-01593-9}} ==External links== *[https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Forfatter:Ludvig_Ludvigsen_Daae Listing of works by Professor Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae] {{Wikiquote|Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae}} {{commons category|Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Daae, Ludvig Ludvigsen}} Category:1834 births Category:1910 deaths Category:People from Aremark Category:People educated at Oslo Cathedral School Category:University of Oslo alumni Category:19th-century Norwegian historians Category:Norwegian educators Category:Academic staff of the University of Oslo Category:Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Category:Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Category: Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Category:Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{norway-historian-stub}}