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Knud Knudsen
1812 – 1895
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKnud Knudsen was a Norwegian educator, author, linguist and philologist, known as "The Father of Bokmål". He is best known for having assembled Bokmål, one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, from Dano-Norwegian.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 6, 1812
Date of death
March 4, 1895
- Field and occupation
- norský pedagog, filolog a lingvista
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