Stolt Anne
Stolt Anne is a poem written by Hans Paus, parish priest in Kviteseid, around 1700. The title character is Anne Clausdatter, owner of Borgestad Manor, one of the region's largest estates, and a first cousin of Paus' wife Susanne. The poem portrays Anne as a generous person who was well liked by the population of Telemark. The poem is noted for being the first time a Norwegian dialect was used in poetry in Norway. Anne gave Hans Paus an island, in Kviteseid (400 daa), to express her gratitude for the poem.[1]
12 verses were included in (1853) by Magnus Brostrup Landstad. Henrik Ibsen, a relative of Hans Paus, paraphrased the poem in the drama Lady Inger of Ostrat.[2]
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