Knud Knudsen (linguist)

Knud Knudsen
Born(1812-01-06)January 6, 1812
Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway
DiedMarch 30, 1895(1895-03-30) (aged 83)
Occupationeducator, author, linguist, philologist
LanguageNorwegian
NationalityNorwegian
EducationUniversity of Oslo

Knud Knudsen (January 6, 1812 March 30, 1895) was a Norwegian educator, author, linguist and philologist, known as "The Father of Bokmål". He is best known for having assembled from Dano-Norwegian one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Bokmål, one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language.