Alf Hellevik (28 June 1909 – 8 November 2001) was a Norwegian philologist.
He was born in
Fjaler. He graduated as
cand.philol. from the
University of Oslo in 1938. He was the principal editor of the multi-volume dictionary ''
Norsk Ordbok'' from 1948 to 1978. He lectured at the
University of Oslo from 1972 until his retirement in 1977. He edited several editions of ''Nynorsk Ordliste''. From 1952 to 1970 he was a member of ''Norsk Språknemnd'', and a member of the
Norwegian Language Council from 1972 to 1988.
He resided at
Hosle
Hosle is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population (as of 2007) is 5,713.[Sunnfjord
Sunnfjord ( en, the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the souther ...]
.
He died in November 2001 in
Askvoll
is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Askvoll. Other villages in the municipality include Holmedal, Kvammen, and Stongfjorden. The m ...
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See also
*Spynorsk mordliste
(, literally "Spew (Vomit) Norwegian Murder List") is a derogatory term meant to disparage Nynorsk, one of the two official standards of written Norwegian. It is a pun on , the title of the "New Norwegian Word List", a Nynorsk dictionary.
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References
1909 births
2001 deaths
People from Fjaler
Norwegian philologists
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Nynorsk-language writers
20th-century philologists
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