Andreas Bjørkum

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Andreas Aarskog Bjørkum (30 March 1932 – 1 April 2014) was a Norwegian philologist who specialized in dialectology.

Early life and education

He was born in

cand.philol. degree in 1962. He worked for the Norsk Ordbok project, then as a research assistant at the Norwegian Dialect Archive (now a section at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo). After a research fellowship from 1968 to 1972, he issued his doctoral thesis Generasjonsskilnad i indresognsmål in 1974.[1]

Career

Bjørkum was a docent at the University of Oslo from 1973, then professor from 1984 to his retirement in 2002.[2] Dialects on which he has published major academic works include Inner Sogn, Gudbrandsdalen, Oppdal and Suldal.[1] He wrote extensively on the dialect use in well-known Norwegian authorships, such as Olav H. Hauge in the book Målmeistaren frå Ulvik (1998).[3] He followed with similar books about Tarjei Vesaas (2010), Sjur Bygd (2011) and Johannes Heggland (2012).[4] In 2004 he issued the local history Soga om Viki og Vikadalen. Garden, grendi, ætti.[2]

In 1992 he became a fellow of the

Norwegian Language Council from 1980 to 1992. He was active in Norsk Måldyrkingslag,[6] Friends of Det Norske Teatret and Noregs Ungdomslag, the latter as local leader in the Oslo district.[2][1][4] He was known for penning his 230 articles in handwriting, not using a computer.[7]

Personal life

Bjørkum was married to Ragna Myrstad from 1968 to her death in 1996. Their son Per Sæmund Bjørkum is a violinist in the Oslo Philharmonic.[3] He resided in Hosle,[1] later Hvalstad.[5] He died in April 2014.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Andreas Bjørkum 60 år 30. mars" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 11 March 1992.
  2. ^ a b c d Wiggen, Geirr (2 April 2012). "Heimekjær professor: Andreas Bjørkum 80 år". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  3. ^ a b c Bondevik, Jarle (9 April 2014). "Andreas Bjørkum til minne". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  4. ^ a b Olaf, Almenningen; et al. (11 April 2014). "Andreas Bjørkum (1932-2014)". Dag og Tid (in Norwegian). p. 42.
  5. ^ a b "Andreas Bjørkum 70 år 30. mars" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 March 2002.
  6. ^ "Norsk Måldyrkingslag (Academy for the Norwegian Language))".
  7. ^ Wiggen, Geirr (23 April 2012). "Andreas Bjørkum". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 27.
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