Kjell Venås

Kjell Venås (born 30 November 1927) is a Norwegian philologist.

He was born in Hemsedal,^[1] and took his dr.philos. degree in 1967. He spent most of his career at the University of Oslo; as a lecturer from 1970 to 1971 and professor from 1971 to 1997. Specializing in research about the Nynorsk language form, Venås has also been involved in the Norwegian Language Council.^[2] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[3]

Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most notable works:^[2]

Hallingmålet (1977)
Mål og miljø (1982)
For Noreg og Ivar Aasen. Gustav Indrebø i arbeid og strid (1984)
Norsk grammatikk. Nynorsk (1990)
I Aasens fotefar. Marius Hægstad (1992)
Då tida var fullkomen. Ivar Aasen (1996)

References

^ Bondevik, Jarle. "Geir Grung". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Kjell_Ven%C3%A5s/utdypning. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Kjell Venås" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Kjell_Ven%C3%A5s. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
^ "Gruppe 5: Filologi og språkvitenskap" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27641. Retrieved 28 October 2009.