Gerhard Gran


Gerhard von der Lippe Gran was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer.

Gran was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Christen Knagenhjelm Gran and his wife Constance Mowinckel . He was the paternal grandson of politician Jens Gran, and a second cousin of botanist Haaken Hasberg Gran and aviator Tryggve Gran. On the maternal side was a first cousin of Wenche von der Lippe Mowinckel, who was a granddaughter of Jacob von der Lippe and mother of Arthur, Waldemar and Gerhard C. Kallevig. Wenche lived with Gerhard Grans family while attending school.

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