Axel Nissen

Axel Nissen, also known as Nils Axel Nissen, is a professor of American literature in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of the biography 'Bret Harte: Prince and Pauper,' which provides a detailed account of the writer's life based on new sources. Nissen is recognized for his contributions to scholarship on American authors, including Bret Harte and Mark Twain.