Norwegian writer and social activist. He was born in a rural priest family in northern Norway on December 8, 1832, and died in Paris, France on April 26, 1910. When he was 6 years old, his family moved to Los Angeles in the south due to his father's transfer. When he was 11 years old, he went to school in Molde and began to read the works of writers such as Strüsson Asbjornsen and Scott. In 1850, Bj?rnsson went to Christiania (now Oslo) and began to study writing. Studied at Royal Frederick University in 1852. He showed extremely high patriotic enthusiasm when he was a student. After 1855, he served as a literary and drama commentator and editor in the "Daily Morning Post" and "Evening Post". In 1857, he succeeded Ibsen as the director of the National Theater in Bergen, Norway's second largest city. In 1857 Bj?rnsson published his peasant novel Solbakken. After 1858 it was succeeded by Arnay, and in 1860 the Eun-Happy Boy (Happy Boy). From 1860 to 1863 he traveled extensively throughout Europe. As early as 1865 he was in management of the Chris Theater and presented his popular comedy De (The Newlywed) and his love tragedy Mary Stuart in Scotland. Hosted the Christiania Theater from 1865 to 1867. And in 1868 by Fiskerjenten (Fisher Girl). This is the most important specimen of his Bond or Peasant story. In 1870 he published a cycle of poems and epics, the latter volume containing the mode Berglot, one of Bj?rnsson's finest contributions to lyric poetry.
In 1864 and 1874, Bj?rnsson showed the lax intellectual strength of a man very remarkable in his energy; he was mainly occupied with politics and with his business as a theatrical manager. This is some of Bj?rnsson's hottest promotion as a radical stirrer. He began in 1871 to supplement his journalistic work by delivering lectures throughout Scandinavia. From 1874 to 1876 Bj?rnsson was absent from Norway, and in peaceful voluntary exile he resumed imaginative power. His new departure began as a dramatic author of "The Bankrupt" and "The Editor" in 1874, an extremely modern and realistic actor of social dramas.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903 because "he used the poet's vivid inspiration and rare innocent heart to write graceful, gorgeous and colorful works." Bjornsson fought for national independence, developed Norwegian culture, and got rid of foreign shackles and rule throughout his life. In his later years, he supported Finland against Tsarist Russian aggression and actively participated in the movement against war and for peace.
Bj?rnsson often speaks out for what is right, and thus makes many enemies. But on his 70th birthday, various factions in Norway united to celebrate his birthday with unprecedented grandeur. In 1903, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The award citation praised him for "using the poet's vivid inspiration and rare innocent heart to write graceful, gorgeous and colorful works."
Bj?rnsson remained an active social activist in his later years. He spent his life fighting for the independence of the Norwegian nation and was deeply loved by the people.
He died on April 26, 1910, in Paris, where he had spent many winters, and was buried with every one of his glory in his hometown. The Norwegian coast guard ship HNoMS was used to transport his remains back to his homeland.