Constance Wiel Schram

Constance Wiel Schram (née Nygaard; 27 September 1890, Christiania – 18 September 1955, Oslo) was a Norwegian writer and translator.[1] She was the daughter of William Martin Nygaard (1865–1912) and Constance Wiel (1866–1931). Constance was the eldest of seven siblings, one of her brothers was the publisher, Mads Wiel Nygaard . She married Finn Thomas Andreas Schram on 26 Jul 1912, and they had a son, Andreas.

Selected works

History and biographies

  • Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening. Tiden og menneskene som skapte den. Vekst og virke i femti år. 1896-1946 ("Norwegian Women's Public Health Association. The time and the people who created it. Growth and work in fifty years. 1896-1946"), Oslo 1946
  • Florence Nightingale, Oslo 1938
  • Keiserarven. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Oslo 1926
  • Dronning Victoria. En Livsskildring, Kristiania 1922
  • Otto v, Bismarck. En livsskidring, Kristiania 1916

Children's books

  • Truls på Lofoten 1927
  • Truls og Inger og dyrene deres. Fortalt for små barn, Oslo 1925

Translations into Norwegian

  • Georg Soloveitsjik: Potemkin. Soldat, statsmann, elsker og Katarina den stores ektefelle, Oslo 1939
  • Francis Hackett: Frans den første, Oslo 1935
  • Duff Cooper: Talleyrand, Oslo 1933
  • Arthur Weigall: Nero - Roms keiser, Oslo 1932
  • Stephan Zweig: Joseph Fouché - portrett av et politisk menneske, Oslo 1930
  • Jules Verne: En verdensomseiling under havet, Oslo 1930
  • E. Phillips Oppenheim: Gullfuglen, Oslo 1929
  • Georg Popoff: Dagligliv i Sovjetrusland, Kristiania, 1924.

References

  1. ^ Jensen, Niels (13 April 2023). "Udenlandsk skønlitteratur og dramatik oversat til dansk 1500-1975". danskforfatterleksikon.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 January 2025.