Konrad Nielsen

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Konrad Nielsen
Sami languages
other Finno-Ugric languages
InstitutionsUniversity of Oslo

Konrad Hartvig Isak Rosenvinge Nielsen (28 August 1875 – 27 November 1953) was a Norwegian philologist. He spent most of his career as a professor at the

Sami languages
, also called Lapp languages in his day.

Personal life and education

He was born in

Vik i Helgeland as a son of politician Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1823–1904) and his wife Jonette Cornelie Falch Heide (1833–1925). In December 1924 he married Gudrun Augusta Agnes Müller (1889–1954). He was the father of diplomat Sivert Andreas Nielsen.[1]

Nielsen's family moved from Vik to

Sami languages, and from 1898 to 1899 he studied Finnish at the University of Helsinki.[1]

Career

In July 1899 Nielsen was appointed as a lecturer in Kven and Sami at the Royal Frederick University. In 1903 he took the dr.philos. degree at the University of Helsinki with the thesis Die Quantitätsverhältnisse im Polmak-lappischen, about the language in Polmak. He was promoted to professor of Finno-Ugric languages in 1911. He ultimately retired as a professor in 1946, but had several absences of leave between 1911 and 1946. Among others, he sat in Copenhagen as a member of the Reindeer Grazing Commission between 1913 and 1917.[1] He was succeeded in 1947 by Knut Bergsland.[2]

His main works were in the Norwegian language. He released the textbook Lærebok i lappisk in three volumes between 1926 and 1929, and the dictionary Lappisk ordbok – Lapp Dictionary in three volumes between 1932 and 1938. In addition, he was a translator.

Norwegian Geological Survey with Sami place names.[1]

After the stay in Copenhagen, Nielsen lived with his family in Vettakollen. He also learned Turkish and Hungarian.[1]

Awards

He was a member of the

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1946, was a Commander of the Finnish Order of the White Rose and the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle, and a Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star. He died in November 1953 in Oslo.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Larsen, Joar Hoel. "Konrad Nielsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. ^ Simonsen, Hanne Gram. "Knut Bergsland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  3. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
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