birth_date: 1684-12-03 00:00:00
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name: Ludvig Holberg
about: Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg, a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature and is best known for the comedies he wrote in 1722–1723 for the theatre in Lille Grønnegade in Copenhagen.
death_date: 1754-01-28 00:00:00