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| Born | Fredrik Amundsen (1886-02-03)3 February 1886 Bindal, Norway |
| Died | 1 September 1943(1943-09-01) (aged 57) Uppsala, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Royal Frederick University |
| Occupation | literary historian |
| Employer | University of Oslo |
| Children | Eystein Paasche |
| Relatives | Olaf Amundsen (brother) Hugo E. G. Hamilton, father-in-law |
| Awards | King's Medal of Merit (1922) |
Johan Fredrik Paasche (bornAmundsen; 3 February 1886 – 1 September 1943) was a Norwegian educator, author and literary historian.[1]
Johan Fredrik Amundsen was born inBindal Municipality inNordland county, Norway. He was the son of Olaf Kristian Amundsen (1850–1910) and Kirsten Birgitte Paasche (1850–1915). His brotherOlaf Amundsen served as County Governor of Nordland. In 1905, he took his mother's surname, Paasche.[2]
He graduated from theUniversity of Oslo in 1910. In 1916, he traveled toGermany where he was a war correspondent. He was appointed a professor of European literature in 1920 at theUniversity of Oslo and professor of Middle Age literature from 1938 until 1940. He relocated to Sweden following theGerman invasion of Norway. From 1941 onward, he was affiliated withUppsala University, where he received an honorary doctorate in theology.[3]
He co-edited the seriesNorsk litteraturhistorie, planned jointly withFrancis Bull from 1911. He wrote volume one (on Norway's and Iceland's literature until the end of theMiddle Ages, published from 1923 to 1926) and volume three (on Norwegian literature from 1814 to the 1850s, published from 1927 to 1932). In 1922, he was awarded theKing's Medal of Merit (Kongens Fortjenstmedalje).[2][4][5]
His other books includeGildet paa Solhaug. Ibsens nationalromantiske digtning (1908),Luther (1917),Goethe (1918),Kong Sverre (1920),Snorre Sturlason og Sturlungerne (1922) andLandet med de mørke skibene (1938).[2]
He was married twice, each time to a Swedish woman. In 1916, he married Agnes Viveka Aimée Hamilton (1891–1917), a daughter of CountHugo E. G. Hamilton. In 1928, he married Eva Kristina Mörner (1889–1992). He died inUppsala, Sweden and was buried atVår Frelsers gravlund inOslo.[2][6]
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