Einar Johannes Lundeby (3 October 1914 – 7 March 2011) was a Norwegian linguist. He was born in

Spydeberg Spydeberg was a municipality in former Østfold county, Norway, until December 31. 2019. At January 1. 2020 it became a part of the new and greater municipality named " Indre Østfold Kommune" after the region, together with Askim and Trøgstad a ...

. He was hired as a lecturer in

Norwegian language Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regio ...

at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1961. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1966 and was promoted to

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in the

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in 1967, before serving as professor from 1971 to 1984. Notable academic publications include ''Overbestemt substantiv i norsk og de andre nordiske språk'' (1965) and ''Om utbrytningens opphav og innhold'' (1976); textbooks include ''Språket vårt gjennom tidene'' (1956 with Ingvald Torvik). He also co-edited '' Maal og Minne'' from 1967 to 1995. 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 Unive ...

. He was also a member of the

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from 1980 to 1988 and chaired the International Summer School from 1981 to 1985. He died in March 2011 in

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greater Asker) in Viken county, ...

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1934 births 2011 deaths People from Spydeberg Linguists from Norway Norwegian magazine editors University of Oslo faculty Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Maal og Minne editors {{Norway-academic-bio-stub