Ivar Aasen
Norwegian philologist and lexicographer
Ivar 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. Wikipedia
Born: August 5, 1813, Ørsta Municipality, Norway
Died: September 23, 1896 (age 83 years), Oslo, Norway
Place of burial: Our Savior's Cemetery, Oslo, Norway
Language: Norse dialects
Nationality: Norwegian
Parents: Guri Jonsdotter Hovden and Ivar Jonsson
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