Jens Zetlitz
Jens Zetlitz (26 January 1761 – 14 January 1821) was a Norwegian priest and poet. Zetlitz was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. At the end of the 18th century he traveled to the University of Copenhagen to study theology.
Jens Zetlitz
- Born
- 1761. · Stavanger.
- Died
- 1821. · Kviteseid.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- poet, writer and lutheran pastor.
- Education
- University of Copenhagen and Bergen Cathedral School.
- Languages
- Norwegian and Danish.
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He became a member of The Norwegian Society (Det Norske Selskab) and became well known for his entertaining songs and drinking songs. He returned to Norway after completing his studies and entering the ministry. From 1800 Zetlitz was parish pastor and vicar at Vikedal Church in Ryfylke and from 1811 at Kviteseid Church in Telemark until his death in 1821. He married Maren Elisabeth Bull (1761–1801). Their daughter Axeliane Christine (1792–1855) married businessperson and consul Jacob Kielland (1788–1863). The couple had five sons and five daughters. Through this marriage Jens Zetlitz had a large number of notable descendants; novelist Alexander Kielland was his great-grandnephew. The pop singer Bertine Zetlitz is the most famous currently living descendant. A street in Stavanger is named for Jens Zetlitz, as is the Zetlitz multi-purpose hall in the Stavanger Concert Hall.
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Jens Zetlitz (1761 – 1821) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Jens Zetlitz is recorded in 1761, and the death in 1821.
Jens Zetlitz is recorded as poet, writer and lutheran pastor.
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1761
Jens Zetlitz was born in 1761 at Stavanger.
1821
Jens Zetlitz died in 1821 at Kviteseid.
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Stavanger.
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Kviteseid.
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- 1.Store norske leksikon. Jens Zetlitz.
- 2.Jens Zetlitz genealogy
- 3.Axeliane Christine Kielland genealogy
- 4.Jon Gunnar Arntzen. Kielland – Jacob Jansen Kiellands gren. Store norske leksikon.
- 5.Jacob Kielland genealogy
- 6.Hallgeir Elstad. Jens Zetlitz. Norsk biografisk leksikon.
- 7.Rogaland Vikedal sprakk i innspurten NRK, 14 January 2013
- 8.Profile at Dagbladet
Bibliography printed in the source article · 19
- Poesier: første samling (1789)
- Eegenæs: et Digt med Anmærkninger (1793)
- Sange for den norske bondestand (1795)
- Psalmer (1795)
- En norsk Höst: et Digt (1800)
- Johan Nordahl Brun, Biskop over Bergens Stift (1805)
- Alkoran: d.e. Capitlernes Bog for 1806 (1806)
- Sange for Den Norske Bondestand (1812)
- Prædikener og Leilighedstaler (1822)
- Egenæs: et digt med anmærkninger (1825)
- 2den Deel (1825)
- Jens Zetlitz's samlede Digte (1825)
- 1ste deel (1825)
- Sange for den norske Bondestand (1842)
- Norske Almuesangeres Kløverblad: eller Bruns, Frimanns og Zetlit's Sange for den norske Bondestand. - Godtkjøbsudgave (1853)
- Ny Vise om Jernbanemoroen ved Mjøndalen (1875)
- Udvalg af Jens Zetlitz' Digte (1886)
- Reyse fra Stavanger til Wigedahl i aare (1968)
- Jens Zetlitz : et tohundreårsminne (1990) Profile at Dagbladet
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q206184: Jens ZetlitzWikimedia Foundation
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