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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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