Henrik Angell
{{Short description|Norwegian military officer (1861–1922)}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Henrik August Angell
| image = File:Drawing_of_Henrik_August_Angell_by_Andreas_Bloch.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Drawing of Henrik Angell by Andreas Bloch
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|08|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Luster, Norway, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|01|26|1861|08|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Kristiania, Norway
| placeofburial =
| allegiance = {{flag|Norway}}
| branch = Army Infantry
| serviceyears = 1877–1918;
1918–1919 with French Foreign Legion
| rank = Colonel
| unit =
| commands = Søndermør, Smaalenene
| battles = World War I with French Foreign Legion
| awards = 1st class of the Norwegian Medal for noble deeds, 4th class of the Order of Prince Danilo I, 2nd class of the Order of St. Sava, 3rd class of the Order of the Medjidie, knight 1st class Order of the Sword, knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, officer of the Order of the Redeemer, Legion of Honour
| relations =
| laterwork = author
}}
Henrik August Angell (22 August 1861 – 26 January 1922) was a Norwegian military officer, sportsman, and writer. He was a ski pioneer and the first Norwegian delegate to the International Olympic Committee.{{cite web|url= http://ostfold1814.no/temaer/mennesker/henrik-august-angell-1861-1922/|title= Henrik August Angell (1861–1922)|publisher= Østfoldmuseene|date= 2014|access-date= June 1, 2017|archive-date= 13 March 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170313200022/http://ostfold1814.no/temaer/mennesker/henrik-august-angell-1861-1922/|url-status= dead}}
File:Oberst Angell I.jpg, 1923]]
Early life
Henrik Angell was born on 22 August 1861 at Luster in Sogn og Fjordane and grew up in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Johan Mølmann Anderson Lysholm Angell (1820–88) and his wife Marie With Bonnevie (1830–1904). In 1890 he married Gerhardine Henriette de Sérène d'Acqueria.
He received an education at the Norwegian Military Academy and entered the Norwegian Army.{{cite web|url= https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/a/henrik-angell/79/8913/|title= Henrik Angell|publisher= Nynorsk kultursentrum|author= Anne Berit Klungsøyr|access-date= June 1, 2017}}
Military career
In 1897 he visited Greece to study their infantry in action. He was a colonel and regiment chief from 1911. He was commander leader of the Søndermør Infantry Regiment until 1914 and of the Smaalenene Infantry Regiment until 1918. He joined the French Foreign Legion in 1918, and participated on the Western Front for France in World War I.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Henrik_Angell|title= Henrik Angell|publisher= Store norske leksikon |author= Jon Gunnar Arntzen|access-date= June 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/2027965.html|title= Henrik Angell|publisher= NRK Sogn og Fjordane|access-date= June 1, 2017}} It was whilst he was deployed in Northern Russia that he had a severe case of frostbite, resulting in both of his feet and several fingers being amputated.{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Damien |date=2017 |title=Churchill's Secret War with Lenin: British and Commonwealth Military Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918-20 |url=https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/churchills-secret-war-with-lenin-british-and-commonwealth-military-intervention-in-the-russian-civil-war-1918-20.php |location=Solihull |publisher=Helion |page=44 |isbn=978-1-911512-10-3}} He was appointed as an officer of the Legion of Honour for his service during the North Russia intervention.{{cite journal
| title =Appointment as an officer of the Legion of Honour, backdated with effect from 1st May 1919 | journal =Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets | volume =52 | issue =20 | page =1088 | date =21 January 1920 | publisher=Ministères Des Affaires | language =fr | url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6476917b/f16.image/texteBrut |access-date=15 October 2020 }}
Skiing and literary work
Angell introduced skiing to Montenegro in 1893,Huntford, Roland (2013) [https://books.google.com/books?id=awNTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188 Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing] Bloomsbury Publishing {{ISBN|9780826423382}} pg 188–189 was admitted to the skiing club SK Ull in 1898, founded the Norwegian Ski School in 1903, invited to the Alps to teach French soldiers to ski, and was a sports advocate.{{cite book|author=Vaage, Jakob|author-link=Jakob Vaage|year=1983|title=Skiklubben Ull 100 år 1883–1983|language=no|location=Oslo|pages=7}}
He wrote several books promoting skiing and Norwegian nationalism. He also wrote a series of military history books.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Henrik Angell |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Roy |last=Andersen |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Henrik_Angell/utdypning |language=no |access-date=21 November 2010 }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Henrik August Angell |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Henrik_August_Angell |language=no | access-date=21 November 2010}}
Death and legacy
He died on 26 January 1922 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His statue by Gustav Lærum is located at Holmenkollen in Oslo.{{cite web|url= http://www.bokselskap.no/forfattere/angell|title= Henrik Angell|publisher= bokselskap.no|access-date= June 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://nkl.snl.no/Gustav_L%C3%A6rum|title= Gustav Lærum|publisher= Norsk kunstnerleksikon|author= Sonja Hagemann |access-date= June 1, 2017}}
Selected works
- Naar et lidet Folk kjæmper for Livet : serbiske Soldaterfortællinger (1914)
- Gjennem Montenegro paa ski (1895)
- De sorte fjeldes sønner (1896)
- Kaptein Jürgensen og Leirdølerne hans (1901)
- Et sterkt folk (1902)
- Norges krigshistorie (1906)
- Norsk Skilauparsoge (1908)
- Syv-aars-krigen for 17. mai 1807–1814 (1914)
- For Frankrigs ret og ære: fra den franske front (1918)
References
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External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Henrik Angell |sopt=t}}
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