Ernst Sars

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Ernst Sars
Ernst Sars (ca. 1883)
Born(1835-10-11)11 October 1835
Kinn, Norway
Died27 January 1917(1917-01-27) (aged 81)
Aker, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Professor, historian, author and editor
Notable workUdsigt over den norske Historie, 1873-1891
Parents
Relatives
AwardsCrown Prince's gold medal - 1856
Johan Ernst Sars ca. 1907-1910

Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars (11 October 1835 – 27 January 1917) was a Norwegian professor, historian, author and editor. Assuming perspectives from the

Liberal Party of Norway and among the party's most central theoreticians.[1]

Biography

Personal life

Sars was born in the parish of

University of Christiania from 1854. His mother was a sister of poet Johan Sebastian Welhaven and author Elisabeth Welhaven.[3][4]

He was a brother of singer Eva Sars and zoologist Georg Ossian Sars. He was a cousin of architect Hjalmar Welhaven as well as a brother-in-law of explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen and musician Thorvald Lammers. He was not married, and lived along with his brother at their mother's residence until she died in 1898. He died at Aker in 1917.[2]

Career

Sars attended the Bergen Cathedral School from 1849. In 1853 he moved to Christiania (now Oslo) as a student. He initiated studies in medicine, but he started to study history. In 1856, he was awarded the Crown Prince's gold medal (Kronprinsens gullmedalje) for having written a prize-winning treatise on the Kalmar Union. He spent the summers 1858 and 1859 in Copenhagen, in order to copy Norwegian documents in Danish archives. He wrote a pioneering work on Norway during the union with Denmark (Norge under Foreningen med Danmark), published in four parts between 1858 and 1865. He was appointed as an assistant at the National Archival Services of Norway (Norwegian: Riksarkivet) from 1860 to 1874.[2]

After having received a scholarship he lectured at the

Parliamentary decision.[2]

Sars co-edited the magazines Nyt norsk Tidskrift (with Jens Lieblein) from 1877 to 1878, and Nyt Tidsskrift (with Olaf Skavlan) from 1882 to 1887.[5] He took part in politics, and was active for the Liberal Party, along with Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.[2] After his publication of Historisk Indledning til Grundloven (Historical Introduction to the Constitution) in 1882, he was regarded among the Liberal Party's most central theoreticians. He also regarded the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway to be the only practical solution to the conflicts with Sweden. He wrote the work Norges politiske historie 1815–85, published between 1899 and 1904,[5] and continued lecturing until 1911.[2] As of 1898 Sars was among the contributors of Ringeren, a political and cultural magazine established by Sigurd Ibsen.[6]

Selected works

  • Udsigt over den norske historie, 4 volumes, 1873-1891
  • Historisk Indledning til Grundloven, 1882
  • Norges politiske historie 1815-1885, 1904
  • Samlede værker, 4 volumes, 1911-1912

References

  1. ^ "Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars". Den Store Danske. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Fulsås, Narve. "Ernst Sars". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  3. ^ Geir Hestmark. "Michael Sars". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ Else Boye. "Maren Sars". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  6. JSTOR 40920149
    .
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