Army of Truth: Selected poems by Henrik Wergeland-In the Historic Fight to Obtain Equal Rights for Jews in 19th-century Norway, The

Scandinavian Review, Summer 2003

The Army of Truth: Selected poems by Henrik Wergeland-In the Historic Fight to Obtain Equal Rights for Jews in 19th-century Norway

Edited by Ragnhild Galtung

Translated by Anne Born, G.M. Hathorne-Hardy and I. Grondahl

The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis. (Copublished with Thanks to Scandinavia), 2003

126 pages, clothbound $16.95

Henrik Wergeland (1808-45) was one of the principal figures in Scandinavian romanticism and one of Norway's greatest poets. He worked tirelessly for civil rights for Jews in Norway. The poems selected here pertain to the Jewish cause. Thanks to Scandinavia is an educational fund and nonprofit organization and an institute of The American Jewish Committee.