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Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg was a writer and historian born in Bergen, Norway, who spent his career as a professor at the University of Copenhagen. His comedies, such as Jeppe of the Hill and Erasmus Montanus, his satirical novel Niels Klim and his histories founded modern literature in the Danish-Norwegian written language and spread Enlightenment ideas.
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