Even Hovdhaugen

Even Hovdhaugen (born June 21, 1941) is a Norwegian linguist. He has been a professor of general linguistics at the University of Oslo since 1974.[1] He is an expert in Polynesian languages.

Hovdhaugen was born in Oslo, the son of the politician Einar Hovdhaugen.[1][2] He received his master's degree in classical philology and comparative Indo-European linguistics in 1966.[1][2][3] He carried out field research in Hungary, Turkey, the USSR, Mongolia, Peru, Chile, Samoa, Tokelau, and the Solomon Islands.[2] He has produced extensive research and has published textbooks for both university and high school use. He has authored grammars of Samoan and Tokelauan.[1]

In 1995 he was a guest professor at the University of Copenhagen, and from 1978 to 1980 he served as the first editor of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics.[2] He has held several key positions within university administration and research, including dean of the Faculty of Arts in Oslo. He headed the Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture from 1986 to 1991.[1] In 1992 he received the Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence and the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF) Prize for Excellence.

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