Anders Krogvig was a Norwegian librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as the son of Carl Gustav Krogvig and Antonette Pedersen. He was a first cousin of Tryggve Andersen. In April 1903 he married Aagot Kristine Moe (1881–1923). He finished

Examen artium

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 his secondary education in 1899, and enrolled in philology

Philology

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 at the University of Kristiania

University of Oslo

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. However, he did not graduate. Instead he took work as a librarian, first at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design from 1909 to 1918, then in the Norwegian Parliament from 1921 to his death. He applied for a professorship at the University in 1919, but was not appointed.

Krogvig also worked in the publishing house Aschehoug

Aschehoug

H. Aschehoug & Co , commonly known as Aschehoug, is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway. -History:...

, together with Gerhard Gran

Gerhard Gran

Gerhard von der Lippe Gran was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer.-Personal life:...

 and director William Martin Nygaard

William Martin Nygaard

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. He was involved in several of their flagships; being subeditor of the periodical Samtiden

Samtiden

Samtiden is a Norwegian political and literary magazine. It was founded by Jørgen Brunchorst and Gerhard Gran in 1890. The magazine's first publisher was John Griegs forlag , and from 1900 Aschehoug . Gran was the magazine's editor from 1892 to 1925. Cathrine Sandnes has been editor-in-chief from...

from 1916, editor-in-chief of the encyclopedia Achehougs konversasjonsleksikon from 1919, and co-editor of the biographical dictionary

Biographical dictionary

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 Norsk biografisk leksikon

Norsk biografisk leksikon

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia.The first edition was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles...

from 1921. He edited the first volume (released 1923) together with Gerhard Gran and Edvard Bull, Sr.

Edvard Bull, Sr.

Edvard Bull was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He took the doctorate in 1912 and became a professor at the University of Kristiania in 1917, and is known for writings on a broad range of subjects. In addition to his academic work, he is known for his work on Norsk...

 but died before a second volume was published.

He was also known for re-publishing several old sources, including a collection of letters written by Jørgen Moe

Jørgen Moe

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, and, together with Moltke Moe

Moltke Moe

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, a revision of Peter Christian Asbjørnsen's old fairy tale

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s. He wrote extensively in Norwegian newspapers and periodicals, especially literary critiques. Two collections of his articles were published, titled Nordisk digtning (1912) and Bøker og mennesker (1919). He was also a consultant in the Norwegian Authors' Union

Norwegian Authors' Union

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. Together with his position in Aschehoug, this meant that Krogvig had a significant impact on many literary careers of the time, including Johan Falkberget

Johan Falkberget

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, Olav Aukrust

Olav Aukrust

Olav Aukrust was a Norwegian poet and teacher. He was born in Lom and wrote poems with a renewed national romantic style. His use of rural dialect contributed to the growth of Nynorsk as a literary language.-Life:...

, Kristofer Uppdal

Kristofer Uppdal

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 and Sigurd Christiansen

Sigurd Christiansen

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.