# Vilhelm Krag

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{{Short description|Norwegian poet, writer, journalist and cultural personality}}
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'''Vilhelm Krag''' (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) poet, writer, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term [Sørlandet](/source/S%C3%B8rlandet) to describe a region of [Norway](/source/Norway), he was the son of [Peter Rasmus Krag](/source/Peter_Rasmus_Krag) and  younger brother of the novelist [Thomas Krag](/source/Thomas_Krag).<ref>''Norwegian writers 1500 to 1900'' (Dictionary of literary biography v. 354) by Lanae H. Isaacson, (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning, 2010) pp. 175-187.
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His first volume of poetry, which came out in 1891, included many of his best-known poems: "Fandango",<ref>[https://ndla.no/nb/node/126149?fag=27 ''Fandango:'' streaming audio] ''ndla.no''. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> "Der skreg en fugl" (A bird cried), "Liden Kirsten" (Little Kirsten),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7SOs8qGbJU ''Liden Kirsten:'' streaming audio] ''youtube.com''. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> "Majnat" (May night), "Mens jeg venter" (While I'm waiting), "Moderen synger" (The mother sings) and "Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær" (And I will have me a sweetheart).<ref>[http://dikt.org/Vilhelm_Krag#Digte ''Digte'', by Vilhelm Krag, (Bergen: John Griegs Forlag, 1891).]</ref>

[Edvard Grieg](/source/Edvard_Grieg) set Krag's lyrics to music in his Opus 60, published in 1894.<ref>[''Digte af Vilhelm Krag: for en mellemstemme med piano: op. 60'' by Edvard Grieg, (Copenhagen: Hansen, 1894).](/source/List_of_compositions_by_Edvard_Grieg)</ref> In the early 20th century  works by Krag were recorded in [America](/source/United_States) by Florence Bodinoff, [George Hamlin](/source/George_Hamlin), Nathalie Hansen,<ref>[http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700004296/B-19222-Liden_Kirsten ''Liden Kirsten''] ''ucsb.edu''. Retrieved: 11 September 2014.</ref> [Eleonora Olson](/source/Eleonora_Olson),<ref>[https://archive.org/download/EleonoraAndEthelOlson/25OHerre.mp3 ''O, Herre:'' streaming audio] ''archive.org''. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> [Ernestine Schumann-Heink](/source/Ernestine_Schumann-Heink), Aalrud Tillisch,<ref>[https://archives.gac.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ScanAm/id/1151/rec/1 ''Der skreg en fugl:'' streaming audio] ''gac.edu''. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> and [Carsten Woll](/source/Carsten_Woll).<ref>[http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/41470/Krag_Vilhelm_author Vilhelm Krag (author)] ''ucsb.edu''. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref>

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{{Succession box |before=[Bjørn Bjørnson](/source/Bj%C3%B8rn_Bj%C3%B8rnson) |title=Director of the [National Theatre](/source/Nationaltheatret) |years=1908–1911 |after=[Halfdan Christensen](/source/Halfdan_Christensen)}}
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{Listen|filename=Grieg - Krag - Schumann-Heink - Im Kahne (In the Boat) (1913).ogg|title="Mens jeg venter" (''On the Water'')|description=
[Ernestine Schumann-Heink](/source/Ernestine_Schumann-Heink) (1913)}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Vilhelm Krag}}
*[http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_author_texts.html?AuthorId=1486 Vilhelm Krag texts set to music] at [http://www.lieder.net/ the LiederNet Archive]
*[https://archive.org/details/NorwegianLyricist Vilhelm Krag recordings and translations]
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=Vilhelm%20Krag Vilhelm Krag at the Internet Archive]
*[http://johnirons.blogspot.com/2012/06/poet-no-228-norwegian-writer-vilhelm.html English translation of ''Fandango'']
'''Articles in Norwegian'''
*[http://snl.no/Vilhelm_Krag Vilhelm Krag] at the [Great Norwegian encyclopedia](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)
*[http://nbl.snl.no/Vilhelm_Krag Vilhelm Krag] at the [Norwegian biographical encyclopedia](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)
'''Poetry Collections'''
*[http://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Digte_(Krag) ''Digte'' (1891)]
*[http://dikt.org/Kategori:Sange_fra_Syden ''Sange fra Syden'' (1893)]
*[http://dikt.org/Kategori:Nye_Digte_(Vilhelm_Krag) ''Nye Digte'' (1897)]
*[http://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Vestlandsviser ''Vestlandsviser'' (1898)]
'''Vilhelm Krag at the National Jukebox'''
*[https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/search/results?count=20&page=1&q=text%3AVilhelm+Krag&sort=relevance&view=list ''Im Kahne'' (Mens jeg venter) and ''The mother sings'' (Moderen synger)]
*[https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2568 ''Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær'']
'''Vilhelm Krag at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project'''
*[http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=1016%20&query=Majnat&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id ''Majnat'']
'''Art song'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa4N5P_ExQ4 ''Der skreg en fugl:''] video
*[https://archive.org/download/VilhelmKrag/05ALonelyBirdCriedOut.jpg ''Der skreg en fugl:''] sheet music

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