Knud Knudsen (linguist)
Knud Knudsen | |
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| Born | January 6, 1812 Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway |
| Died | March 30, 1895 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | educator, author, linguist, philologist |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Education | University 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.