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Björnson

[ byurn-suhn; Norwegian byœrn-soon ]

noun

  1. Björn·stjer·ne [byœrn, -stye, r, -n, uh], 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, novelist, and playwright: Nobel Prize 1903.


Bjørnson

/ ˈbjørnsən; ˈbjɜːnsən /

noun

  1. BjørnsonBjørnstjerne18321910MNorwegianWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: theatre director Bjørnstjerne (ˈbjɜːnstjɛənə; Norwegian ˈbjørnstjernə). 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, dramatist, novelist, theatre director, and newspaper editor; mainly remembered for social dramas, such as The Bankrupt (1875): Nobel prize for literature 1903
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

One visitor who interested us most was the Norwegian novelist and republican, Bjornstjorne Bjornson.

He read deep philosophical works, forbade his family to go to church, and had been visited by Bjornson himself.

The two Bjornson children, Knut and Otto, led a very happy life in the forest.

This theatre did not even fully recognise such masters as Ibsen and Bjornson until they stood on the heights of achievement.

King Gudrod Bjornson went out with his people; but after a short resistance he fell, and many men with him.

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