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Oct 01, 1841 Lier, Buskerud, Norway Died on 11 Apr 1931 (aged 89)
Norwegian civil servant and writer
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About Sophus Aars
- Sophus Christian Munk Aars (1 October 1841 – 11 April 1931) was a Norwegian civil servant and writer. He was a son of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars (1807–1865) and his wife Sofie Elisabeth Stabel.
- He was a grandson of priest and politician Jens Aars and a first cousin of banker and politician Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars.
- He was a second cousin of philosopher Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars and architect Harald Aars.
- In 1885 he married Marie Fredrikke Schydtz (1804–1886).Munk enrolled as a student in 1861 and graduated with the cand.jur.
- degree in 1868.
- He was hired as a civil servant in the Norwegian Ministry of the Interior from 1872, and worked there until 1917.
- He was better known for his several books, having "won himself a name in the literature" of the day, starting with 1886's I skoven ('In the Forest').
- Most of his books were about the forest and wildlife.
