14 Facts About Ernst Sars

Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars was a Norwegian professor, historian, author and editor.

Ernst Sars co-edited the magazines Nyt norsk Tidskrift from 1877 to 1878, and Nyt Tidsskrift from 1882 to 1887.

Ernst Sars was politically active for the Liberal Party of Norway and among the party's most central theoreticians.

Ernst Sars was the son of Michael Sars and Maren Cathrine Welhaven.

Ernst Sars's father was vicar at Kinn Church and at Manger Church and was professor of zoology at the University of Christiania from 1854.

Ernst Sars's mother was a sister of poet Johan Sebastian Welhaven and author Elisabeth Welhaven.

Ernst Sars was a brother of singer Eva Sars and zoologist Georg Ossian Sars.

Ernst Sars was not married, and lived along with his brother at their mother's residence until she died in 1898.

Ernst Sars initiated studies in medicine, but he started to study history.

Ernst Sars spent the summers of 1858 and 1859 in Copenhagen, in order to copy Norwegian documents in Danish archives.

Ernst Sars wrote a pioneering work on Norway during the union with Denmark, published in four parts between 1858 and 1865.

Ernst Sars was appointed as an assistant at the National Archival Services of Norway from 1860 to 1874.

Ernst Sars co-edited the magazines Nyt norsk Tidskrift from 1877 to 1878, and Nyt Tidsskrift from 1882 to 1887.

Ernst Sars regarded the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway to be the only practical solution to the conflicts with Sweden.