Asbjørn Aarseth (21 October 1935 – 31 August 2009) was a Norwegian literary historian, born in

Inderøy Inderøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Kjer ...

. He obtained the mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) at the University of Bergen in 1963, received an academic position in literary studies here in 1967, and became professor of

Nordic literature Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway (including Svalbard), Sweden, and Scandinavia's assoc ...

in 1985. He was a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

. An important book was ''Lyriske strukturer'' ("Lyrical Structures"), written together with

Atle Kittang Atle Kittang (20 March 1941 – 1 June 2013) was a Norwegian literary researcher and literary critic. His doctorate thesis from 1973 was a study on the French poet Arthur Rimbaud. He was professor at the University of Bergen, since 1974. His resear ...

, which came to be a standard work in lyrical analysis. He was also an authority on

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

, and was involved in the project ''Henrik Ibsens skrifter''. He died in August 2009.

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1935 births 2009 deaths University of Bergen alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen Norwegian literary historians Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Henrik Ibsen researchers People from Inderøy {{Norway-historian-stub