Kjell Venås

Kjell Venås (30 November 1927 – 7 March 2018) was a Norwegian philologist.

He was born in Hemsedal,[1] and took his dr.philos. degree in 1967. He spent most of his career at the University of Oslo; as a lecturer from 1970 to 1971 and professor from 1971 to 1997. Specializing in research about the Nynorsk language form, Venås has also been involved in the Norwegian Language Council.[2] He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3] He died in March 2018.[4]

Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most notable works:[2]

  • Hallingmålet (1977)
  • Mål og miljø (1982)
  • For Noreg og Ivar Aasen. Gustav Indrebø i arbeid og strid (1984)
  • Norsk grammatikk. Nynorsk (1990)
  • I Aasens fotefar. Marius Hægstad (1992)
  • Då tida var fullkomen. Ivar Aasen (1996)
gollark: Oh yes, light speed is annoying too. Also how even the planets are mostly really boring.
gollark: The remaining volume is mostly stars, in which you will very very rapidly die.
gollark: Not climate change and whatever, it isn't *that* bad compared to the fact that the vast, vast majority of volume in the universe is basically useless empty space in which you will very rapidly die.
gollark: Aha, I was right, they ARE just reading far too much into random noise.
gollark: Anyway, I am watching it at 1.5x speed. This may take some time.

References
  1. Bondevik, Jarle. "Geir Grung". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. "Kjell Venås". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  3. "Gruppe 5: Filologi og språkvitenskap" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  4. Death announcement, Aftenposten 15 March 2018 p. 45
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