Hans Jæger

Hans Jæger (September 2, 1854 in Drammen, Norway - February 8, 1910 in Oslo) was a Norwegian writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist who was part of the Oslo (then Kristiania) based bohemian group "Kristianiabohêmen". He was prosecuted for his book "Fra Kristiania-bohemen" and convicted to 60 days imprisonment in a supreme court ruling in 1886.

The following year, he was forced to flee Norway. He had been sentanced to 150 more days in prison after the Norwegian government learned that he had sent 300 copies of Christiania Bohemians to Sweden under the auspices of a volume of Christmas stories.

He was a friend of Edvard Munch, and was the subject of one of Munch's paintings.

Bibliography

* Kants fornuftskritik ( "Kant's critique of pure reason") 1878
* Olga (play) 1883
* En intellektuel Forførelse (play) ("An Intellectual Seduction") 1884
* Fra Kristiania-bohemen ("From the Christiania Bohemians") 1885
* Julefortællinger av Hans Jæger ("Christmas Stories by Hans Jæger", in reality the second volume of "From the Christiania Bohemians") 1886
* Albertine (with Christian Krohg) 1886
* Min forsvarstale i høyesterett ("My Defence Speech in the Supreme Court") 1886
* Kristianiabilleder ("Images of Christiania") 1888
* Novelletter ("Short Stories") 1889
* Bohemens erotiske bekjennelser ("The Erotic Confessions of the Bohemians")
** Syk kjærlihet (part 1 of 3) 1893 ("Twisted Love")
** Bekjendelser (part 2 of 3) 1902 ("Confessions")
** Fængsel og fortvilelse (part 3 of 3) 1903 ("Prison and Despair")
* Anarkiets bibel ("The Bible of Anarchism") 1906
* Socialismens ABC (written between 1906-1910, never finished) ("The ABC of Socialism")

External links

* [http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/JaegerHans.htm Hans Jæger Page] at the Anarchist Encyclopedia