# Erasmus Zahl

> Erasmus Benedicter (Benedigt) Kjerschow (Kjerskov) Zahl was a privileged trader and an island owner at Kjerringøy in Nordland, Norway. Zahl is known as Nobel Literature Prize laureate Knut Hamsun's monetary supporter, and a representative of the old, traditional Nordland - Hamsun's ideal society. He is also internationally known through the character Mack, who appears in several works of Hamsun, among them Pan (1894), Dreamers (1904), and Benoni and Rosa (1908).

*Norwegian businessman (1826-1900)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1826-01-19
- **Died:** 1900-04-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Erasmus Benedicter (Benedigt) Kjerschow (Kjerskov) Zahl was a privileged trader and an island owner at Kjerringøy in Nordland, Norway. Zahl is known as Nobel Literature Prize laureate Knut Hamsun's monetary supporter, and a representative of the old, traditional Nordland - Hamsun's ideal society. He is also internationally known through the character Mack, who appears in several works of Hamsun, among them Pan (1894), Dreamers (1904), and Benoni and Rosa (1908).

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.0
- **Momentum:** 12.6

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