Bohemian Commandments
The Bohemian Commandments (Norwegian: Bohêmbud) or Nine Bohemian Commandments (Norwegian: Bohêmens ni bud) is a frequently cited text from the Kristiania Bohemian movement in Oslo:[1][2]
- Thou shalt write thine own life.
- Thou shalt sever thy family roots.
- Man kann seine Eltern nie slecht genug behandeln (Thou can not treat thy parents badly enough.)
- Thou shalt never smite thy neighbor for less than five crowns.
- Thou shalt hate and despise all farmers, such as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
- Thou shalt never wear celluloid cuffs.
- Neglect not to make a scandal in the Christiania Theater.
- Thou shalt never repent.
- Thou shalt take thine own life.
The commandments come from an article published in Impressionisten no. 8 in February 1889, which is often attributed to Hans Jæger. However, in the biographical novel Jæger – en rekonstruksjon (Jæger: A Reconstruction), Ketil Bjørnstad writes that the journal's publisher, Johan Collett Michelsen, wrote the piece together with Oda and Christian Krohg as a parody of Jæger, with whom they were in dispute.[3][4]
References
- ^ Bindin, Paul. 2006. With Vine-leaves in His Hair: The Role of the Artist in Ibsen's Plays. Norwich: Norvik Press, p. 104.
- ^ Svanholm, Lise. 2001. Malerne på Skagen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, p. 105.
- ^ Bjørnstad, Ketil. 2001. Jæger: en rekonstruksjon. Oslo: Aschehoug, p. 550.
- ^ Thorvik, Arne. 2013. Du skal ta live a dei. Om Kristiania-Bohêmen og suicid. Suicidologi 18(3): 30–35.