Historical FigureMale
Ivar Aasen
1813 – 1896
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIvar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet. He is best known for having assembled one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Nynorsk, from various dialects.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 5, 1813
Ørsta Municipality
Date of death
September 23, 1896
Christiania
Citizenship
Norway
Occupations & fields
philologistlexicographerlinguisttranslatorwriterbotanist
- Field and occupation
- norský jazykovědec a básník
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