Knud Knudsen (linguist)
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Knud Knudsen (January 6, 1812 – March 30, 1895) was a Norwegian educator, author, linguist and philologist, known as "The Father of Bokmål". He is best known for having assembled from Dano-Norwegian one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Bokmål, one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language.[1]
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Born | (1812-01-06)January 6, 1812 Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway |
Died | March 30, 1895(1895-03-30) (aged 83) |
Occupation | educator, author, linguist, philologist |
Language | Norwegian |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Education | University of Oslo |
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