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Peterolsen Groth Hjalmar Seierstedt Falk (April 2, 1859 – November 2, 1928) was a Norwegian linguist and philologist.

Hjalmar Falk
Falk, portrayed by Ludvig Forbech
Born	(1859-04-02)2 April 1859 Vang, Norway
Died	2 November 1928(1928-11-02) (aged 69)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Linguist Philologist
Notable work	Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og danske sprog
Awards	Crown Prince Gold Medal (1885) Order of St. Olav (1911)

Early life and education

Falk was born in Vang. He started his university studies in 1876 and graduated with an education degree in languages and history in 1882. After this he taught in Oslo while continuing research, especially on Germanic languages and Nordic mythology, including scholarship stays in Germany and England. Falk received the Crown Prince Gold Medal in 1885[1] and was appointed a docent. He received his doctorate in 1888 with the dissertation Om nomina agentis i det oldnorske Sprog (Nomina Agentis in Old Norwegian).

Academic career

Falk became a professor of Germanic philology at the University of Oslo in 1897. As a university instructor, especially a German instructor, he strove for more practical and modern language teaching. He published a number of works on linguistics, philology, and cultural history, especially in Nordisk Arkiv for Filologi and in materials published by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo. He is particularly remembered for his etymological dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish language, which he wrote in cooperation with Alf Torp. He chaired the commission that recommended/prepared the orthography revision of 1917. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav.[2][3]

Selected works

• Vanskabninger i det norske sprog, populaere foredrag (Errors in Norwegian, Popular Lectures, 1893)
• Sprogets visne blomster: fortsættelse af "Vanskabninger i det norske sprog." (The Language's Withered Flowers: A Continiation of "Errors in Norwegian", 1894)
• Kulturminder i Ord (Culture Memories in Words, 1900)

Positions and awards

• Chair of the Norwegian Students' Society (1895)
• Dean of the Faculty of History and Arts (1906–1909)
• Election to and chair of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
• Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav (1911)

See also

• Magnus Olsen

References

На других языках

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[de] Hjalmar Falk

Hjalmar Sejersted Falk (* 2. April 1859 in Vang (Hedmark); † 2. November 1928 in Oslo) war ein norwegischer Linguist und Philologe der Germanistik und Nordistik. Neben seiner mehr als dreißigjährigen Tätigkeit an der Universität Kristiania (heute: Oslo) arbeitete er zudem als Sprachlehrer.

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- [en] Hjalmar Falk

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