Background
Nils Christian Tønsberg was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of a ship manager Johan Christian Tønsberg (1788-1830) and Anne Marie Dahl (1788-1837).
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...he scaled to rob the eyries on the top and bring the young eaglets to her; in these woods he killed the bear whose shining black skin he spread at her feet; here on the southern shore stood his dwelling, the rich farm of Framnœs, where noble horses with arched neck and flowing manes came galloping over the plain to slick his broad hands; those are the waves, over which his noble bark Ellida. which always had a favorable breeze, „danced glad, like the hind bounding over the grass"; but here too, on the northern shore, stood the temple of Baldur, in which lngeborg was confined. in order to part her from Frithjof; here, on that hillock, the assembly (Thing) was held, in which Frithjof in the name of their 'deceased father, claimed the hand of the fair sister from her hostile brothers; here he clove lnge's golden shield with one blow; these mountainsides refleeted the flames of his dwelling, burnt by lngeborg's brothers, as well as those of the temple of Baldur, which Frithjof himself, against his will, set fire to, when returning home he did not find his beloved lngeborg, The diffculties which the inhabitants experience from the nature of the ground, in their attempts to cultivate it, have here had the same results as elsewhere; they have rendered the country people more vigorous, aetive and lively. This applies especially to the inhabitants of lndre Sogn, where the diflîcultics are greatest. Here the people, although not very tall, are generally verystrong and aetive and show a great vigour and agility in every motion. Accustomed from their earliest youth to carry or drag heavy burthens, to climb up their steep mountains and to row and steer their skilfs on the Fjord, all their muscles are brought into play and fully....
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Nils Christian Tønsberg was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of a ship manager Johan Christian Tønsberg (1788-1830) and Anne Marie Dahl (1788-1837).
University of Oslo.
Christian Tønsberg became one of the larger Norwegian publishers and was best known for illustrated books about Norway. From the age of 14 he was employed at the office of town clerk and justice secretary and worked as a secretary for several municipal commissions. In September 1834 he was assistant at the Recorder of Bergen.
He enrolled in law studies, graduating with the candidate.jur. degree in 1845.
Tønsberg was employed as clerk in the Treasury Department, working in the office of several Supreme Court lawyers. Tønsberg also served as consul for several countries: Kingdom of Bavaria, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg, Colombia, Liberia and Romania.
Additionally he managed estates, auction and estate sales. When the publishing company of Guldberg & Dzwonkowski was dissolved in 1844, Tønsberg assumed a large part of the publisher"s legal literature.
Tønsberg had met Henrik Wergeland in Bergen in 1832 and later became one of the writer"s best friends and his main support.
He arranged to published Hasselnødder in 1845. At the time of Wergeland"s death the following year, he was asked to manage his estate and take care of the widow. He also published works of Philisophy A. Munch, Mauritz Hansen, Magnus Brostrup Landstad and others
He was among the founders of the Norwegian Booksellers Association in 1851.
Tønsberg became strongly influenced by the National Romantic period and was eager to establish a co-operation between the different art forms. The illustrations were drawn by some of the most famous of Norwegian artists including Peter Christen Asbjørnsen among others
Tønsberg continued publishing similar books over the next years. He gathered and published the material in Norge fremstillet i Tegninger with Asbjørnsen in 1848.
Tønsberg also published Bondeliv i Norge with Munch in 1861.
Tønsberg continued with a limited publishing until 1891, by which time he was almost blind.
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