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Olaf Broch (4 August 1867, Horten – 28 January 1961, Oslo) was a Norwegian linguist. He was born in Horten, and was a brother of children's writer Lagertha Broch, zoologist Hjalmar Broch, and social worker Nanna Broch. He was a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Oslo from 1900 to 1937. Among his works are Slawische Phonetik from 1911, Håndbok i elementær fonetikk from 1921, and Proletariatets diktatur from 1923. He translated works by Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky into Norwegian. He was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1946.[1][2]

Olaf Broch
Born	(1867-08-04)4 August 1867 Horten, Norway
Died	28 January 1961(1961-01-28) (aged 93) Oslo
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Linguist
Employer	University of Oslo
Relatives	Lagertha Broch (1864–1952), sister Nanna Broch (1879–1971), sister Hjalmar Broch (1882–1969), brother
Awards	Order of St. Olav (1946)

Broch was a pioneer in the field of Slavic studies in Norway and one of the first scholars to use modern methods to describe the phonetics of Slavic languages.[1]

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Further reading

• Nickelsen, Trine (1 January 2018). "Språkgeniet vi glemte". forskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 April 2018.

На других языках

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- [en] Olaf Broch

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[ru] Брок, Олаф

О́лаф Брок (норв. Olaf Broch; 4 августа 1867, Хортен, Норвегия — 28 января 1961, Осло, Норвегия) — норвежский филолог, славист, переводчик, историк, основоположник описательной фонетики славянских языков. Член академии наук Норвегии (1896), иностранный член-корреспондент Петербургской АН (1916, с 1917 — РАН, с 1925 — АН СССР)[1].

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