Oskar Mosfjeld [SEP] date of death
Oskar Mosfjeld
Frantz Oskar Mosfjeld (20 January 1896 – 21 April 1977) was a Norwegian literary scholar known for his widely cited (in the field) "opus magnum" on Henrik Ibsen's biography, "Henrik Ibsen og Skien: En biografisk og litteratur-psykologisk studie", published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag in 1949, and for which he was awarded the philosophical doctorate in 1950. He worked as a lecturer at Vestheim skole until retiring in 1963.
Publications.
- «Vildanden», "Edda"
following the death of her husband, and after Johan Andreas Altenburg's death, she lived with the Ibsen family. She died at Venstøp in 1837.
Ibsen scholar Oskar Mosfjeld describes her as an eccentric. The Ibsen children were said to be afraid of her due to her odd behaviour. Today, it is considered likely that she suffered from dementia due to advanced age.
She was portrayed by Cecilie Graasvold in the play "Rotte på loftet", and by Wenche Foss in the NRK television miniseries "En udødelig