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All categories Literature & Letters202 Natural Sciences96 Mathematics & Computing36 Medicine & Healing Traditions99 Engineering & Technology24 Society, Peace & Law42 Economics, Business & Politics52 Music & Visual Arts0

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All disciplines Literature125 Philosophy87 New Thought21 Theology10 History23 Linguistics1

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Henrik Ibsen

1828 – 1906

A Doll's House detonated 19th-century assumptions about marriage.

Norway·Literature

Sigrid Undset

1882 – 1949

Kristin Lavransdatter; medieval Norway rendered with modern psychology.

Norway·LiteratureNobel

Arne Næss

1912 – 2009

Founded deep ecology and the case for nature's intrinsic worth.

Norway·Philosophy · Environment