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Wikipedia: Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (December 3, 1684 – January 28, 1754), a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature, and is best known for the comedies he wrote in 1722–1723 for the theatre in Lille Grønnegade in Copenhagen.
![[The oldest extant theater poster for one of Holberg's plays, Mester Gert Westphaler, 1722]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Plakat_for_en_opf_C3_B8relse_af_Ludvig_Holbergs_Gert_Westphaler_s.jpg "The oldest extant theater poster for one of Holberg's plays, Mester Gert Westphaler, 1722")
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![[Statue of Holberg in Bergen, Norway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Holbergstatue_s.jpg "Statue of Holberg in Bergen, Norway")
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