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Axel Olrik
Danish folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography (1864–1917).
Born July 3rd, 1864 in Copenhagen.
Died February 18th, 1917 at 52 years old in Øverød (pneumonia).
Occupations
folklorist, librettist, literary historian, philologist
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