Erik Krag (13 January 1902 – 13 May 1987) was a Norwegian literary historian, translator, novelist and playwright. He was born in Copenhagen, a son of novelist Thomas Krag and poet Iben Nielsen. Krag is known as the founder of Slavic literary history as academic discipline in Norway. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1946 to 1969. His monography Dostojevskij from 1962 was translated into English in 1976, and he has also published works on Leo Tolstoi and on Russian theatre. Selected works Ottar Wreike (1922) Leo Tolstoj (1937) En liten manns bryllup (1952) Dostojevskij (1962) Den barnløse (1966) References 1902 births 1987 deaths People from Copenhagen Norwegian literary historians University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Norwegian translators 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights Norwegian male novelists