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The periodical had contributions from several of the leading intellectuals of the time, including later Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, later Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fredrik Bajer, the writers Alexander L. Kielland, Jonas Lie, Arne Garborg and Hans Aanrud, proponents for women's rights Camilla Collett, Gina Krog and Hagbard Emanuel Berner, and painter Erik Werenskiold.

[4] Geologist and politician Amund Helland started an article series on Iceland, including a description of the eruptions in 1875.

[5][6][7] Arne Løchen's monography "Om den udvikling Ibsens moralske grundanskuelse har gjennemgaaet" is regarded to be valuable for later researchers.

[17][18] Arne Garborg wrote reviews of Kielland's novel Skipper Worse and of Ibsen's play En Folkefiende.

Krog's article series was called "Nogle ord om kvindesagens utvikling og nærmeste opgaver i vort land", on the development of feminism.

[37] The debate on feminism continued, and the periodical had political essays on the parliamentary elections, the union between Sweden and Norway,[38] and communistic societies of the United States.

In 1886 the periodical had articles on natural sciences (biology), and there was a debate on freedom of press, sparked by the confiscation of Hans Jæger's novel Fra Kristianiabohêmen.

[48] Essays by James Sully, Prince Kropotkin and Émile de Laveleye were translated from the periodical Nineteenth Century.