Arne Garborg

Arne Garborg
Born
Aadne Eivindsson Garborg

January 25, 1851
Time, Norway
DiedJanuary 14, 1924(1924-01-14) (aged 72)

Arne Garborg (born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg) (25 January 1851 – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian writer.

Garborg championed the use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk, or New Norwegian), as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it. He founded the weekly Fedraheimen in 1877, in which he urged reforms in many spheres including political, social, religious, agrarian, and linguistic. He was married to Hulda Garborg.