Rikard Nordraak

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Rikard Nordraak was a Norwegian composer best known for writing the melody to Norway’s national anthem.

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Rikard Nordraak canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian composer
composer
human
associatedWith Norwegian national identity
Norwegian nationalism
birthCountry Norway
birthDate 1842-06-12
birthPlace Christiania
Oslo
burialPlace Oslo
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
collaboratedWith Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
composed Ja, vi elsker dette landet
melody of the Norwegian national anthem
composedForTextBy Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
countryOfCitizenship Norway
deathCountry Prussia
deathDate 1866-03-20
deathPlace Berlin
era 19th century
Romantic era
familyName Nordraak
genre Romantic music
givenName Rikard
hasWorkType choral music
piano music
songs
honouredBy statue in Oslo
influenced Edvard Grieg
inspired development of a distinct Norwegian musical style
languageOfLyricsCollaborations Norwegian
memorial Nordraak monument at Vår Frelsers gravlund
movement Norwegian national romanticism
name Rikard Nordraak
nationality Norwegian
notableWork melody of the Norwegian national anthem
occupation composer
relative Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

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Ja, vi elsker dette landet hasMusicBy Rikard Nordraak
Piano Concerto in A minor dedicatedTo Rikard Nordraak
Rikard Nordraak name Rikard Nordraak