Copenhagen. His work included Zinklars vise ("Ballad of Sinclair") written in 1781, celebrating the defeat of a force of Scottish mercenaries led by George Sinclair, a nephew of the Earl of Caithness under the commander of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ramsay. Local forces were in part inspired by a local peasant girl, Prillar-Guri. The Scots were ambushed in an engagement referred to as the Battle of Kringen. Selected works Bræger, 1774 Adskilligt paa Vers, 1775 Infødsretten, 1778 Fabler og Fortællinger i den Gellertske Smag, 1778 Samlede Digte, 1785 References 1749 births 1794 deaths 18th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian educators University of Copenhagen alumni 18th-century Norwegian educators People from Vågå Place of death missing 18th-century male writers