Ivar Andreas Aasen
Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of Nynorsk (1813 – 1896)
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Ivar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian linguist and poet who lived from 1813 to 1896 and is known as the creator of Nynorsk, a written standard for the Norwegian language. His work matters because he developed an alternative literary form of Norwegian that helped preserve rural dialects and gave Norway a distinct linguistic identity separate from Danish.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1813
- Died
- 1896
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Ervingen
- 17 Mai
- Malsamlingar 1851-1854 av Ivar Aasen
- Symra og andre dikt
- Symra
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,522x
Works in European collections
17 objects attributed to Ivar Andreas Aasen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Ivar Andreas Aasen ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈîːvɑr ˈòːsn̩]; 5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) 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.
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