An unusual life, a mysterious death
Lori Ann Reinhall
Editor-in-chief
The Norwegian American
There is a permanent exhibit about her life at Kvinnemuseet, the Women’s Musuem in Kongsvinger, Norway, and the museum café there is called Café Dagny. She was immortalized by the world-renowned Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, for whom she stood as a model for several of his most famous works. Described as a “love goddesss,” Dagny Juel Przybyszewska (1867–1901) lived a short and intense life that has taken on mythical proportions.
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Lori Ann Reinhall
Lori Ann Reinhall, editor-in-chief of The Norwegian American, is a multilingual journalist and cultural ambassador based in Seattle. She is the president of the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association, and she serves on the boards of several Nordic organizations.
