Ludvig Holm-Olsen (9 June 1914 – 10 June 1990) was a Norwegian philologist. He was born in

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as a son of shipmaster and accident investigator Peter Olsen (1866–1950) and Louise Holm (1885–1969). He was a nephew of

Magnus Olsen Magnus Bernhard Olsen (28 November 1878 – 16 January 1963) was a Norwegian philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies. Born and raised in Arendal, Olsen received his degrees in philology at Royal Frederick University in Kristiania, ...

. Since 1941 he was married to Elsa Dorothea Triseth. He

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his secondary education at

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in 1932, studied at the

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and graduated in 1940 with the cand.philol. degree. His master's thesis ''Den gammelnorske oversettelse av Pamphilus'' was published in the same year. Holm-Olsen specialized in

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and was a

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from 1945 and

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from 1949, both at the University of Oslo. He took the dr.philos. degree at the

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in 1952 with the thesis 'Håndskriftene av Konungs skuggsjá. En undersøkelse av deres tekstkritiske verdi'', about ''

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''. He was then a professor of Norse philology at the

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from 1953 to his retirement in 1981. There, he served as

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from 1956 to 1958 and

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from 1960 to 1965. He co-edited the journal '' Maal og Minne'' from 1951 to 1984 and the journal '' Arkiv för nordisk filologi'' from 1963 to 1990. Important publications other than his theses include ''Studier i Sverres saga'' (1952). He also contributed to ''Norges litteraturhistorie'' and released more

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books such as ''Lys over norrøn kultur'' (1981) and ''Med fjærpenn og pergament'' (1990). He was a member of the

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from 1953, and was decorated as a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1967 and a Grand Knight of the

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