Torleiv Hannaas

Torleiv Hannaas (14 July 1874, Hornnes, Setesdal - 19 November 1929) was a Norwegian philologist.

Born in Hornnes, he became professor at Bergen Museum in 1918. His most important publications was Norske bygder I (1921) and Norske bygder II (1926), about the dialects in Setesdal and Vest-Agder. He founded the Norsk Aarbok in 1920,^[1] and is often credited for introducing the term Høgnorsk in an article in 1922. He was the chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1926 to his death.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hannaas, Torleiv". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=581972.

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Preceded by Knut Liestøl	Chairman of Noregs Mållag 1926–1929	Succeeded by Gustav Indrebø

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Name	Hannaas, Torleiv
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Date of birth	14 July 1874
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Date of death	19 November 1929
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