Knut Bergsland
Knut Bergsland (7 March 1914 – 9 July 1998) was a Norwegian linguist. Working as a professor at the
Sami) and Eskaleut languages
.
Career
He was born in
dr.philos. degree,[1]
and it is still the reference grammar of this language.
In 1947 Bergsland was appointed professor in
Indiana University at Bloomington in 1949–1950. He continued studying Aleut after retiring as a professor in 1981.[1] Bergsland's professorship was vacant until 1987, when Ole Henrik Magga replaced him.[2] Bergsland's final works were Aleut dictionary – Unangam tunudgusii (1994), Aleut Grammar (1997) and Ancient Aleut Personal Names (1998). He died in July 1998.[1]
Bergsland held an honorary degree at the University of Helsinki.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Simonsen, Hanne Gram (1999). "Knut Bergsland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ Broderstad, Else Grete. "Verdensborger med komager på". Tromsøflaket (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
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