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Ivar Andreas Aasen

Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of nynorsk (1813 – 1896).

Born August 5th, 1813 in Ørsta Municipality.

Died September 23rd, 1896 at 83 years old in Christiania.

Occupations
Bible translator, botanist, diarist, lexicographer, linguist, philologist, poet, scholarship holder, translator, writer
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