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CHRISTIERN PEDERSEN (c. 1480-1554)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 37 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEDERSEN (c. 1480-1554)  , Danish writer, known as the " See also:father of Danish literature, " was a See also:canon of the See also:cathedral of See also:Lund, and in 1510 went to See also:Paris, where he took his See also:master's degree in 1515 . In Paris he edited the See also:proverbs of Peder Laale and (1514) the Historia danica of Saxo Grammaticus . He showed signs of the spirit of reform, asserting that the gospels should be translated into the See also:vernacular so that the See also:common See also:people might understand . He worked at a continuation of the See also:history of Saxo Grammaticus, and became secretary to See also:Christian II., whom he followed into See also:exile in 1525 . In See also:Holland he translated the New Testament (1529) and the See also:Psalms (1531) from the See also:Vulgate, and, becoming a convert to the reformed See also:opinion, he issued several Lutheran tracts . After his return to See also:Denmark in 1532 he set up a See also:printing See also:press at See also:Malmo . He published a Danish version (Kronike om Holger Danske) of the See also:French See also:romance of Ogier the Dane, and another of the See also:Charlemagne legends, which is probably derived immediately from the See also:Norwegian Karlamagnus See also:saga . His greatest See also:work, the Danish version of the See also:Holy Scriptures, which is known generally as " Christian III.'s See also:Bible, " is an important landmark in Danish literature . It was founded on See also:Luther's version, and was edited by Peder See also:Palladius, See also:bishop of See also:Zealand, and others . See C . See also:Pedersen's Danske Shriller, edited by C . J .

Brandt and B . T . Fenger (5 vols., See also:

Copenhagen, 1850-1856) .

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