Kjersti Fløttum (born 12 July 1953) is a Norwegian linguist. After a tenure at

Stavanger University College The University of Stavanger (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Stavanger,'' UiS) is a university located in Stavanger, Norway. UiS was established in 2005 when the former Stavanger University College (''Høgskolen i Stavanger''; HiS) received unive ...

she was employed by the University of Bergen in 1995 where she is a professor of

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

. She has been vice rector of international relations and from 2007 to 2011 led the Bergen Summer Research School. Fløttum is also vice-consul for France in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, and has been active in the Rafto Foundation.

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1953 births Living people Linguists from Norway Rhetoricians Academic staff of the University of Stavanger Academic staff of the University of Bergen Norwegian women academics Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{Norway-academic-bio-stub