Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg

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Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg, known as Nordahl Grieg, (November 1, 1902 – December 2, 1943) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist.

Born in Bergen, Norway, he made his debut in 1922 with Omkring Kap det gode Haab which was followed by Skibet gaar videre in 1924. Grieg was known as an anti-fascist and pro-communist writer and, in 1940, after the German invasion of Norway, he escaped to England in the same vessel carrying the Norwegian Royal family and the National Gold treasure. His poetry, and his staunch resistance against the German occupation of Norway in World War II made him a national hero.

In his early resistance against the German occupation he parted from the Norwegian communists, as they mostly were passive until Nazi-Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

In England he was educated as an officer, and was killed during an air raid against Berlin in 1943. When the war ended, Grieg became a hero in Norway because of his resistance to the German occupation. Grieg is still popular in Norway today, especially his anti-fascist poetry. A statue of him created by Roar Bjorg, is now placed at the east side of the theater in Bergen.

Nordahl Grieg is related to the famous composer Edvard Grieg, and brother of the powerful Norwegian publisher Harald Grieg.

[edit] Selected works

  • Rundt Kap det gode Håp, 1922 - Around the Cape of Good Hope
  • Skibet gaar videre, 1924 - The Ship Sails On
  • Stene i strømmen, 1925
  • Kinesiske dage, 1927
  • En ung manns Kjaerlighet, 1927 - A Young Man's Love
  • Barabbas, 1927
  • Norge i våre hjerter, 1929
  • Nordahl Grieg, Herman Wildenvey, Tore Ørjasæter, Arnulf Øverland: Dikter, 1930
  • Atlanterhavet, 1932 - The Atlantic
  • De unge døde, 1932
  • Vår ære og vår makt, 1935 - Our Honor and Our Glory
  • Men imorgen, 1936 - But Tomorrow
  • Til Ungdommen (Kringsatt av Fiender), 1936 - To the Young
  • Spansk sommer, 1938
  • Ung må verden ennu være, 1938 - May the World Stay Young
  • Nederlaget, 1937 - The Defeat
  • Dikt i utvalg, 1944
  • War Poems of Nordahl Grieg, 1944
  • Friheten, 1945 - All that is Mine Demand
  • Flagget, 1945
  • Håbet, 1946
  • Samlede verker, 1947 (7 vols.)
  • Samlede dikt, 1948
  • Langveisfra, 1964
  • Morgen over Finnmarksvidden, 1967
  • The Defeat, 1967 (in Masterpieces of the Modern Scandinavian Theatre)
  • Skuespill / Nordahl Grieg, 1975
  • Norge, og andre dikt, 1976
  • Et varig vennskap, 1981 (ed. by Brinkt Jensen)
  • Reise gjennom vår egen tid, 1982 (ed. by Martin Nag og Finn Pettersen)
  • Større kriger, 1989 (original title: Greater wars, trans. by Brikt Jensen)
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