Svale Solheim (15 February 1903 – 20 December 1971) was a Norwegian folklorist. He was born in

Naustdal Naustdal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the village of Naustdal, which has 1,188 inhabitants (2017). Other village ...

. He graduated from 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 1934. He worked at the institution ''Norsk Folkeminnesamling'' from 1952 to 1956, and was appointed professor at the

from 1956. Among his works are his doctor thesis ''Nemningsfordomar ved fiske'' from 1940, and ''Norsk sætertradisjon'' from 1952.

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1903 births 1971 deaths People from Naustdal Norwegian sailors Norwegian resistance members Norwegian communists Norwegian folklorists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo {{norway-academic-bio-stub