Niels Christian Brøgger

Niels Christian Ursin Brøgger (4 June 1914 – 1966) was a Norwegian essayist, novelist, journalist and critic.

He was born in Kristiania[1] as a son of Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884–1951) and Inger Ursin (1882–1941).

In the same year he was hired as a critic in Tidens Tegn,[1] a newspaper to which his father also contributed.

[1][4] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II, Niels Brøgger was a member of the resistance movement.

The 1952 release Korset og rosen was a study of Sigrid Undset's novels.