Synnøve des Bouvrie (born 16 November 1944) is a Norwegian philologist. She was born in

Naarden Naarden () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and former List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Gooi region in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part ...

, Netherlands as a twin. She took her classical languages education at

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...

. In her academic career she served as managing director of the Norwegian Institute at Athens and professor of antique culture and literature at the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

. She is a fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard and 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 Univer ...

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1944 births Living people Leiden University alumni Norwegian expatriates in the Netherlands Norwegian philologists Classical philologists Women classical scholars Norwegian expatriates in Greece Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Norwegian women academics Women philologists Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norwegian twins {{Norway-academic-bio-stub