Vilhelm Krag

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Portrait of Vilhelm Krag

Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a Norwegian poet, writer, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term Sørlandet to describe a region of Norway, he was the son of Peter Rasmus Krag and younger brother of the novelist Thomas Krag.<ref>Norwegian writers 1500 to 1900 (Dictionary of literary biography v. 354) by Lanae H. Isaacson, (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning, 2010) pp. 175-187. </ref>

His first volume of poetry, which came out in 1891, included many of his best-known poems: "Fandango",<ref>Fandango: streaming audio ndla.no. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> "Der skreg en fugl" (A bird cried), "Liden Kirsten" (Little Kirsten),<ref>Liden Kirsten: streaming audio youtube.com. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> "Majnat" (May night), "Mens jeg venter" (While I'm waiting), "Moderen synger" (The mother sings) and "Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær" (And I will have me a sweetheart).<ref>Digte, by Vilhelm Krag, (Bergen: John Griegs Forlag, 1891).</ref>

Edvard Grieg set Krag's lyrics to music in his Opus 60, published in 1894.<ref>Digte af Vilhelm Krag: for en mellemstemme med piano: op. 60 by Edvard Grieg, (Copenhagen: Hansen, 1894).</ref> In the early 20th century works by Krag were recorded in America by Florence Bodinoff, George Hamlin, Nathalie Hansen,<ref>Liden Kirsten ucsb.edu. Retrieved: 11 September 2014.</ref> Eleonora Olson,<ref>O, Herre: streaming audio archive.org. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Aalrud Tillisch,<ref>Der skreg en fugl: streaming audio gac.edu. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref> and Carsten Woll.<ref>Vilhelm Krag (author) ucsb.edu. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.</ref>