Tor Erik Jenstad (born October 5, 1956) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

linguist, dictionary editor, and traditional Norwegian folk musician living in Trondheim. He was born in

Sunndal is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Jordalsgre ...

in the

Nordmøre Nordmøre (English: North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Aure, Halsa, ...

district.

Education

Jenstad is a graduate of the

University of Trondheim A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

, where he received the degree

candidatus philologiæ Candidatus philologiae (male) or Candidata philologiae (female), often abbreviated cand.philol. is an academic degree in Arts and Letters at Education in Denmark, Danish and Higher education in Norway, Norwegian universities. In Norway, the degre ...

in 1982 with a thesis on the Sunndal dialect. He received his doctorate in 1995 with the dissertation (: Folk Terminology in Norwegian Dialects with an Emphasis on Fiddle Tradition). In 2001 he published a book with the same title based on his dissertation.

Linguistic career

Since 2003 he has been one of the editors of the 2014 '' Norsk Ordbok'' (Norwegian Dictionary). Jenstad is a member of the

Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ( da, Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, DKNVS) is a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The s ...

. Jenstad focuses on communication, and his publications range from academic to popular research books and articles. He also frequently delivers lectures and participates in radio programs. He regularly contributes to the

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

program ''Språkteigen'' (About Language). He also has a dialect blog called "Moro med ord og uttrykk!" (Fun with words and phrases!) together with Unni Ulltveit (responsible for photos and editing). Since 1992 he has featured on the NRK radio program "Dialektmagasinet" (Dialect Magazine), which is still broadcast weekly and now can be heard as podcasts. In 1993 he received the Nordmøre Mållag language prize, and in 1998 he received an award from the

Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy ( sv, Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien) in Uppsala is one of 18 Swedish royal academies and dedicated to the study of Swedish folklore. The name is often expanded to ("...for Swedish Folk Culture"). The Academ ...

for Swedish Folk Culture (the Torsten Jancke Memorial Fund) for his work on Norwegian dialectology.Tveter, Nina E. 1998. Jenstads nye samlede—eller I navnekulturens tjeneste. In: ''Universitetsavisa''.

Folk music

Jenstad is also an active folk musician. He was a board member of

Norwegian National Association for Traditional Music and Dance Norwegian National Association for Traditional Music and Dance(''Norsk Folkemusikk- og Danselag'') is a nationwide organization that aims to support the folk music and rural dance tradition in Norway. The organization (NFD) was founded in 1987 as ...

from 1997 to 1999, and head of the Trøndelag Folk Music Research Association from 2013 to 2014. Together with the folk music ensemble Hørkelgaddan, where he played

piano accordion A piano accordion is an accordion equipped with a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano or organ. Its acoustic mechanism is more that of an organ than a piano, as they are both aerophones, but the term "piano accordion"—coined by Guido Deiro ...

and diatonic button accordion, he received the 1981

Spelleman Award Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

for folk music and traditional dance music. He plays in several fiddle and folk music groups.

Works

*''Nye skjellsordboka'' (New Dictionary of Insults, 1991, 1999) *''Ein repetis i obligadur: folkemusikkterminologi i norske dialektar, med vekt på feletradisjonen'' (''Ein repetis in obligadur'': Folk Terminology in Norwegian Dialects with an Emphasis on Fiddle Tradition, 2001) *(with Arnold Dalen) ''Trønderordboka'' (Trøndelag Dictionary, 2002) *(ed., with Lars S. Vikør) ''Leksikalsk forsking i norske målføre og nynorsk skriftspråk'' (Lexical Research in Norwegian Dialects and Standard Nynorsk, 2011) *"Frå ryphøa til shit creek. Ordspel på stadnamn" (From Ryphøa to Shit Creek: Puns on Place Names, 2013, in ''Namn og Nemne: Tidsskrift for norsk namnegransking'')

References

External links

''Moro med ord og uttrykk''. Jenstad's dialect blogBIBSYS: works by Tor Erik Jenstad
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenstad, Tor Erik 1956 births Living people Linguists from Norway Norwegian traditional musicians People from Sunndal Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters