Nyt Tidsskrift
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Nyt Tidsskrift is a former Norwegian
literary, cultural and political magazine issued from 1882 to 1887, and with a second series from 1892 to 1895. The magazine had contributions from severeal of the leading intellectuals of the time, including later Nobel Literature Prize laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
, later Nobel Peace Price laureate Fredrik Bajer
, the writers Alexander L. Kielland, Jonas Lie
, Arne Garborg
and Hans Aanrud
, proponents for women's rights Camilla Collett
, Gina Krog
and Hagbard Emanuel Berner
, and painter Erik Werenskiold
.
and historian Ernst Sars
.
. Geologist and politician Amund Helland
started an article sereies on Iceland
, including a description of the eruptions in 1875. Arne Løchen
's monography "Om den udvikling Ibsens moralske grundanskuelse har gjennemgaaet" is regarded to be valuable for later researchers. Mathilde Schjøtt
contributed with literary critics, and published the play Rosen anonymously. Peter Schjøtt published a review on Ibsen
's play Gengangere
. The editors Skavlan and Sars had several contributions in 1882. Other contributors in 1882 were Erik Werenskiold
, Camilla Collett
, Marie Colban
and Holger Drachmann
. Alexander L. Kielland published the short story "Karen", and Jonas Lie
published the poem "Ballade" and the short story "Slagter-Tobias". Amalie Müller
(later Amalie Skram) published her first literary work, the short story "Madam Høiers leiefolk
". Arne Garborg
wrote reviews of Kielland's novel Skipper Worse and of Ibsen's play En Folkefiende
.
was published in Nyt Tidsskrift in 1883. Jonas Lie
published the first part of his story "Et interiør fra firtiaarene". Camilla Collett
contributed with the essay "Paa gamle tomter". Kristofer Janson
wrote an article on Minneapolis, where he had settled. Gerhard Gran
wrote a biographical article on the French writer Emile Zola
. There were philosophical essays on the Osiris
myth, on darwinism
, and on Lao–Tsze
. Garborg wrote a review of Heuch
's lecture collection on infidelity
, Vantroens væsen. Magdalene Thoresen
wrote a travelogue from Nordland
and Finnmark
. Sigurd Ibsen
wrote an essay on the development of the concept of State over time, Kristofer Randers
published songs, and Lars Holst
wrote a review of Lie's novel Livsslaven. Other contributors were Henrik Jæger
and Matias Skard
.
by Hagbard Emanuel Berner
and Gina Krog
. Berner's series "Om kvindesagen" dealt with issues such as girls' schools and suffragettism
. Krog's article series was called "Nogle ord om kvindesagens utvikling og nærmeste opgaver i vort land", on the development of feminism. Fredrik Bajer
continued his series on voting, "Vælgernes retfærdigste repræsentation". The magazine had reviews on Ibsen's play Vildanden
and on Kielland's novel Fortuna. Later children's writer Dikken Zwilgmeyer
published her first story (under pseudonym), "En hverdagshistorie".
's short story "Berre ein hund". The literary articles included a biographical article on Strindberg
, a linguistic analysis of Ibsen's works, and reviews of recent books. The magazine covered art exhibitions and the theatre season at Kristiania Theater. The debate on feminism continued, and the magazine had political essays on the parliamentary elections, the union between Sweden and Norway
, and communistic societies of the United States. Articles on biology covered themes such as the bacteria
and the brain
.
's novel Fra Kristianiabohêmen. Sivle published the short-story "Han Fanta-Nils". On theatre, Irgens-Hansen
wrote a review of the season at Kristiania theater
, and Camilla Collett wrote an essay on Dumas
' comedy Le supplice d'une femme. Essays by James Sully
, Prince Kropotkin
and Émile de Laveleye
were translated from the periodical Nineteenth Century
.
, Sigurd Ibsen
and Christen Collin
.
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
literary, cultural and political magazine issued from 1882 to 1887, and with a second series from 1892 to 1895. The magazine had contributions from severeal of the leading intellectuals of the time, including later Nobel Literature Prize laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
, later Nobel Peace Price laureate Fredrik Bajer
Fredrik Bajer
Fredrik Bajer was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908....
, the writers Alexander L. Kielland, Jonas Lie
Jonas Lie
Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...
, Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer.Garborg championed the use of Landsmål , as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it...
and Hans Aanrud
Hans Aanrud
Hans Aanrud was a Norwegian author. He wrote plays, poetry, and stories depicting rural life in his native Gudbrandsdal, Norway.- Life :...
, proponents for women's rights Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
, Gina Krog
Gina Krog
Gina Krog was a Norwegian feminist pioneer, teacher, politician and editor. She played a central role in the Norwegian women's movement in the 1880s.-Early and personal life:...
and Hagbard Emanuel Berner
Hagbard Emanuel Berner
Hagbard Emanuel Berner was a Norwegian jurist, politician and newspaper editor. He initiated a series of long-lived enterprises, including the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget, the newspaper Dagbladet and the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.-Background:Berner was born in Sunndal in...
, and painter Erik Werenskiold
Erik Werenskiold
Erik Theodor Werenskiold was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the...
.
The first years, 1882–1887
From 1882 to 1887 the magazine was published and edited by literary historian Olaf SkavlanOlaf Skavlan
Olaf Skavlan was a Norwegian literary historian and playwright.-Personal life:He was born as Ole Skavlan in Stranda as a son of vicar and politician Aage Schavland and his wife Gerhardine Pauline Bergh...
and historian Ernst Sars
Ernst Sars
Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars was a Norwegian historian, publicist and editor. His main work was Udsigt over den norske Historie, four volumes issued from 1873 to 1891. He co-edited the magazines Nyt norsk Tidskrift from 1877 to 1878, and Nyt Tidsskrift from 1882 to 1887...
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1882
The very first issue in 1882 started by publishing the short story "Støv" (Dust) by Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
. Geologist and politician Amund Helland
Amund Helland
Amund Helland was a Norwegian geologist, politician and non-fiction writer. He is particularly known for his works on glacial erosion and the role of glaciers in the formation of valleys, fjords and lakes...
started an article sereies on Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, including a description of the eruptions in 1875. Arne Løchen
Arne Løchen
Arne Løchen was a Norwegian psychologist, philosopher and literary researcher.Arne Løchen was born in Vang , in Hedmark county, Norway. He was the twin brother of Einar Løchen, politician for the Liberal Party...
's monography "Om den udvikling Ibsens moralske grundanskuelse har gjennemgaaet" is regarded to be valuable for later researchers. Mathilde Schjøtt
Mathilde Schjøtt
Mathilde Schjøtt was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist. She made her literary debut with the anonymous Venindernes samtale om Kvindens Underkuelse in 1871. She was a literary critic for the magazine Nyt Tidsskrift, and her play Rosen was published anonymously in this...
contributed with literary critics, and published the play Rosen anonymously. Peter Schjøtt published a review on Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
's play Gengangere
Ghosts (play)
Ghosts is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882.Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality....
. The editors Skavlan and Sars had several contributions in 1882. Other contributors in 1882 were Erik Werenskiold
Erik Werenskiold
Erik Theodor Werenskiold was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the...
, Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
, Marie Colban
Marie Colban
Marie Colban was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer and translator. She was married to teacher Nathanael Angell Colban from 1836. She translated Eugène Sue's novel Mathilde and other literary works from French into Norwegian language. From 1856 she lived in Paris, and also wrote for...
and Holger Drachmann
Holger Drachmann
Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann , was a Danish poet and dramatist. He is an outstanding figure of the Modern Break-Through....
. Alexander L. Kielland published the short story "Karen", and Jonas Lie
Jonas Lie
Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...
published the poem "Ballade" and the short story "Slagter-Tobias". Amalie Müller
Amalie Skram
Amalie Skram was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. She moved to Denmark in 1894 where she settled in Copenhagen with her husband, the Danish writer Erik Skram...
(later Amalie Skram) published her first literary work, the short story "Madam Høiers leiefolk
Madam Høiers leiefolk
"Madam Høiers leiefolk" is a short story by Norwegian writer Amalie Skram . It was first published in 1882 in the magazine Nyt Tidsskrift, and was Skram's first published literary work. The story depicts a situation when a poor family is evicted from their flat...
". Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer.Garborg championed the use of Landsmål , as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it...
wrote reviews of Kielland's novel Skipper Worse and of Ibsen's play En Folkefiende
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote it in response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts, which at that time was considered scandalous...
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1883
The first chapter of Kielland's novel GiftPoison (novel)
Poison is an 1883 novel by the Norwegian writer Alexander Kielland. The novel is the first in a trilogy including Fortuna and St. Hans Fest ....
was published in Nyt Tidsskrift in 1883. Jonas Lie
Jonas Lie
Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...
published the first part of his story "Et interiør fra firtiaarene". Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
contributed with the essay "Paa gamle tomter". Kristofer Janson
Kristofer Janson
Kristofer Nagel Janson was a Norwegian poet, author and Unitarian clergyman. Kristofer Janson is commonly recognized as the historical founder of the Norwegian Unitarian Church.-Background:...
wrote an article on Minneapolis, where he had settled. Gerhard Gran
Gerhard Gran
Gerhard von der Lippe Gran was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer.-Personal life:...
wrote a biographical article on the French writer Emile Zola
Émile Zola
Émile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism...
. There were philosophical essays on the Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...
myth, on darwinism
Darwinism
Darwinism is a set of movements and concepts related to ideas of transmutation of species or of evolution, including some ideas with no connection to the work of Charles Darwin....
, and on Lao–Tsze
Laozi
Laozi was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching . His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism...
. Garborg wrote a review of Heuch
Johan Christian Heuch
Johan Christian Heuch, often referred to as J. C. Heuch was a Norwegian bishop and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:...
's lecture collection on infidelity
Infidelity
In many intimate relationships in many cultures there is usually an express or implied expectation of exclusivity, especially in sexual matters. Infidelity most commonly refers to a breach of the expectation of sexual exclusivity.Infidelity can occur in relation to physical intimacy and/or...
, Vantroens væsen. Magdalene Thoresen
Magdalene Thoresen
Anna Magdalene Thoresen, née Kragh was a Danish/Norwegian poet, novelist short story writer and playwright. She is said to have inspired a number of other writers to model characters after her.-Personal life:...
wrote a travelogue from Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
and Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
. Sigurd Ibsen
Sigurd Ibsen
Sigurd Ibsen was a Norwegian author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these.Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo...
wrote an essay on the development of the concept of State over time, Kristofer Randers
Kristofer Randers
Kristofer Randers was a Norwegian poet and theatre critic He made his literary debut in 1879 with the poetry collection Med Lyre og Lanse. His travel guide book on Sunnmøre, Søndmøre. Reisehaandbog from 1890, has been re-issued several times. He was also a theatre critic for the newspaper...
published songs, and Lars Holst
Lars Holst
Lars Kristian Holst was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He was editor-in-chief of Dagbladet from 1883 to 1898 and chairman of the Liberal Party of Norway from 1900 to 1903.-Personal life:...
wrote a review of Lie's novel Livsslaven. Other contributors were Henrik Jæger
Henrik Jæger
Henrik Jæger was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright.He was born in Bergen as a son of sailmaker Herman Jæger and Birgitte Pedersen. He was a nephew of Tycho Jæger...
and Matias Skard
Matias Skard
Matias Skard was a Norwegian philologist, educator, psalmist, essayist and translator, a brother of folklorist Johannes Skar....
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1884
In 1884 the magazine had a series of articles on women's rightsFeminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
by Hagbard Emanuel Berner
Hagbard Emanuel Berner
Hagbard Emanuel Berner was a Norwegian jurist, politician and newspaper editor. He initiated a series of long-lived enterprises, including the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget, the newspaper Dagbladet and the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.-Background:Berner was born in Sunndal in...
and Gina Krog
Gina Krog
Gina Krog was a Norwegian feminist pioneer, teacher, politician and editor. She played a central role in the Norwegian women's movement in the 1880s.-Early and personal life:...
. Berner's series "Om kvindesagen" dealt with issues such as girls' schools and suffragettism
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...
. Krog's article series was called "Nogle ord om kvindesagens utvikling og nærmeste opgaver i vort land", on the development of feminism. Fredrik Bajer
Fredrik Bajer
Fredrik Bajer was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908....
continued his series on voting, "Vælgernes retfærdigste repræsentation". The magazine had reviews on Ibsen's play Vildanden
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.-Plot:The first act opens with a dinner party hosted by Håkon Werle, a wealthy merchant and industrialist. The gathering is attended by his son, Gregers Werle, who has just returned to his father's home following a self-imposed...
and on Kielland's novel Fortuna. Later children's writer Dikken Zwilgmeyer
Dikken Zwilgmeyer
Dikken Zwilgmeyer was a Norwegian children's writer, and is regarded among the most significant innovators of Norwegian children's literature around 1900.-Personal life:...
published her first story (under pseudonym), "En hverdagshistorie".
1885
In 1885 the magazine published Per SivlePer Sivle
Per Sivle was a Norwegian poet, novelist and newspaper editor. He is known for his novel Streik from 1891, and for his collections of stories issued between 1887 and 1895, Sogor , Vossa-Stubba, Nye Vossa-stubbar and Sivle-Stubbar...
's short story "Berre ein hund". The literary articles included a biographical article on Strindberg
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
, a linguistic analysis of Ibsen's works, and reviews of recent books. The magazine covered art exhibitions and the theatre season at Kristiania Theater. The debate on feminism continued, and the magazine had political essays on the parliamentary elections, the union between Sweden and Norway
Union between Sweden and Norway
The Union between Sweden and Norway , officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, consisted of present-day Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union....
, and communistic societies of the United States. Articles on biology covered themes such as the bacteria
Bacteria
Bacteria are a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals...
and the brain
Brain
The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few primitive invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, sea squirts and starfishes do not have one. It is located in the head, usually close to primary sensory apparatus such as vision, hearing,...
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1886
In 1886 the magazine had articles on natural sciences (biology), and there was a debate on freedom of press, sparked by the confiscation of Hans JægerHans Jæger
Hans Henrik Jæger was a Norwegian writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist who was part of the Oslo based bohemian group Kristianiabohêmen. He was prosecuted for his book Fra Kristiania-bohêmen and convicted to 60 days' imprisonment in a supreme court ruling in 1886...
's novel Fra Kristianiabohêmen. Sivle published the short-story "Han Fanta-Nils". On theatre, Irgens-Hansen
Johan Irgens-Hansen
Johan Irgens-Hansen was a Norwegian literary critic, theatre critic and theatre director. He wrote theatre critics for the newspapers Norske Intelligenssedler and Dagbladet. He was theatre director of the Bergen theatre Den Nationale Scene from 1890 to 1895.-Further reading:...
wrote a review of the season at Kristiania theater
Christiania Theatre
Christiania Theatre, or Kristiania Theatre, was Norway's finest stage for the spoken drama between October 4, 1836 - September 1, 1899. It was located at Bankplassen by the Akershus Fortress in central Christiania, in Norway...
, and Camilla Collett wrote an essay on Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, fils
Alexandre Dumas, fils was a French author and dramatist. He was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright.-Biography:...
' comedy Le supplice d'une femme. Essays by James Sully
James Sully
James Sully was an English psychologist.He was born at Bridgwater, and was educated at the Independent College, Taunton, the Regent's Park College, University of Göttingen, where he studied under Lotze, and at Humboldt University, Berlin where he studied under DuBois-Reymond and Helmholtz...
, Prince Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, economist, geographer, author and one of the world's foremost anarcho-communists. Kropotkin advocated a communist society free from central government and based on voluntary associations between...
and Émile de Laveleye
Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye
Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye was a Belgian economist. He was one of the co-founders of the Institut de droit international in 1873....
were translated from the periodical Nineteenth Century
Nineteenth Century (periodical)
The Nineteenth Century was a British monthly literary magazine founded in 1877 by Sir James Knowles. Many of the early contributors to The Nineteenth Century were members of the Metaphysical Society. The journal was intended to publish debate by leading intellectuals.In 1900, the title was changed...
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The second series, 1892–1895
Among the editors of Nyt Tidssrift from 1892 were Sars, Arne LøchenArne Løchen
Arne Løchen was a Norwegian psychologist, philosopher and literary researcher.Arne Løchen was born in Vang , in Hedmark county, Norway. He was the twin brother of Einar Løchen, politician for the Liberal Party...
, Sigurd Ibsen
Sigurd Ibsen
Sigurd Ibsen was a Norwegian author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these.Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo...
and Christen Collin
Christen Collin
Christen Christian Dreyer Collin was a Norwegian literary historian.He was born in Trondhjem as a son of Georg Fredrik Collin and Marie Fredrikke Dreyer . When his father died at the age of ten, Christen Collin was raised by his maternal grandfather in Tromsøe. He took the cand.philol...
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