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Alf Prøysen
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Vinony's link graph records 96 inbound references to Alf Prøysen, and connects out to Vår Frelsers gravlund, Arts Council Norway Honorary Award and Oslo.
Vinony files it under 1914 births, 1970 deaths and 20th-century Norwegian LGBTQ people.
Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 23 July 1914
- Died
- 23 November 1970
- Works
- 149
Top works
- Mère Brimborion
- Mrs. Pepperpot and the Moose
- The Adventures of Mrs Pepperpot
- Mrs Pepperpot again
- Mrs. Pepperpot Minds the Baby
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Film & TV
Rudshyogda, Ringsaker, Norway
From Wikipedia: Alf Prøysen (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970), was a writer and musician from Norway. His Mrs. Pepperpot books established him as a children's author. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the twentieth century, and he made significant contributions to literature, music, television and radio.
Known for
- Trost i taklampa — Himself1955
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1914-07-23
- Active to
- 1970-11-23
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25,225
- Total plays
- 404,392
Tags
Alf Prøysen (23 July 1914 - 23 November 1970), was a writer and musician from Norway. He was born at Rudshøgda in Ringsaker. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the twentieth century, and he made significant contributions to literature, music, TV and radio. His childhood was typical for those of the husmann class, the landless lower class of rural Norway. This reflects in his songs and short stories <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alf+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Rudshøgda
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Occupation
- radio personality
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Image
- Leif Ørnelund Alf Prøysen på scenen 1954.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Alf Prøysen
- date of birth
- 1914-07-23
- date of death
- 1970-11-23
- place of burial
- Vår Frelsers gravlund
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- writing language
- Norwegian
- birth name
- Alf Olafsen
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