Kjell Venås (30 November 1927 – 7 March 2018) was a Norwegian philologist. He was born in Hemsedal, and took his

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degree in 1967. He spent most of his career at the University of Oslo; as a lecturer from 1970 to 1971 and professor from 1971 to 1997. Specializing in research about the Nynorsk language form, Venås has also been involved in the Norwegian Language Council. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He died in March 2018.Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 15 March 2018 p. 45

Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most notable works: *''Hallingmålet'' (1977) *''Mål og miljø'' (1982) *''For Noreg og Ivar Aasen. Gustav Indrebø i arbeid og strid'' (1984) *''Norsk grammatikk. Nynorsk'' (1990) *''I Aasens fotefar.

Marius Hægstad Kristoffer Marius Hægstad (15 July 1850 – 21 November 1927) was a Norwegian educator, linguist and politician for the Liberal Party. A proponent for landsmål, he was the first chairman of Norigs Maallag. Personal life Hægstad was born in B ...

'' (1992) *''Då tida var fullkomen. Ivar Aasen'' (1996)

References

1927 births 2018 deaths People from Hemsedal Norwegian philologists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Nynorsk {{Norway-writer-stub