Niels Åge Nielsen

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Niels Åge Nielsen
Born25 June 1913
Died16 January 1986 (1986-01-17) (aged 72)
NationalityDanish
OccupationPhilologist
EmployerAarhus University
Political partyCommunist Party of Denmark

Niels Aage Anton Nielsen[a] (born in Vejle 25 June 1913, died 16 January 1986) was a Danish professor of Nordic languages at Aarhus University.[1] He was also a leader in the Danish resistance movement.[2]

Life and career[edit]

Nielsen was the son of master carpenter Niels Nielsen (1883-1962) and his wife Ella Kirstine Rasmussen (maiden name) (1892-1979).[3]

He took his high school diploma at Marselisborg Gymnasium in 1933, and in 1942 he obtained a master's degree in arts from Aarhus University. Later, he held various teaching positions at the same university, until he became a professor of Nordic languages at Odense University in 1966. However, he returned to his former university in 1972.[4]

He mostly devoted his attention to studying Danish dialects, especially the different dialects in Jutland and the history of the Danish language.[5]

Niels Aage Nielsen was also a high-ranking communist member of the Danish resistance movement during the German occupation of Denmark.[6]

Publications[edit]

  • De jyske dialekter (The Dialects of Jutland). Copenhagen: Gyldendal 1959.
  • Dansk etymologisk ordbog (Etymological Dictionary of Danish). Copenhagen: Gyldendal 1966, 6th edition 2010.
  • Runestudier (Rune Studies). Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag 1968.
  • Sprogets opståen og udvikling (The Origin and Development of the Language).(Søndagsuniversitetet 88). Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1968.
  • Runerne på Rökstenen (The runic Letters on Rökstenen). Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag 1969.
  • Dansk dialektantologi (Danish Dialect Anthology). Volume 1: Østdansk og ømål. Volume 2: Jysk. Copenhagen: Hernov 1978–80.
  • Mellem jyske modstandsfolk 1941–1945 (Between Jutlandic Members of the Resistance Movement). Copenhagen: Zac 1980.
  • Sprogrenseren H.C. Ørsted (The Language Cleaner Hans Christian Ørsted). Volume 1–2. Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1981.
  • 50 danske runeindskrifter (50 Danish runic Inscriptions). Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1981.
  • Syntaksen i Holbergs epistler (The Syntax in the Epistles of Holberg). Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1983.
  • Danske runeindskrifter: et udvalg med kommentarer (Danish runic Inscriptions: A Selection with Comments). Copenhagen: Hernov 1983.
  • Norske indslag i nydansk (Nordic Features in modern Danish). Volume 1: Dansk over for norsk sprog ca. 1700–1950. Volume 2: Liste over låneord fra norsk ca. 1700–1950. Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1983–84.
  • Fra runesprog til nudansk: studier og kommenterede tekster (From runic Language to modern Danish: Studies and commented Texts). Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1984.
  • (in collaboration with Hallfrid Christiansen) Norsk-dansk ordbog (Norwegian-Danish Dictionary). Gyldendal 1971.
  • (in collaboration with Sven Brüel) Gyldendals fremmedordbog (Gyldendals Dictionary of foreign Words). Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 9th edition 1983.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Niels Åge Nielsen (1923-1986)". Aarhus Universitet.
  2. ^ "Niels Åge Nielsen". Aarhus Universitet.
  3. ^ "Niels Aage Nielsen". Den Store Danske.
  4. ^ "Niels Åge Nielsen". Aarhus Universitet.
  5. ^ "Niels Aage Nielsen". Den Store Danske.
  6. ^ "Niels Åge Nielsen". Aarhus Universitet.

See also[edit]

Danish resistance movement on Wikipedia

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Around 1948 he changed his name from Aage to Åge.

External links[edit]

Niels Åge Nielsen in the database of the resistance movement at the website of Frihedsmuseet. Niels Åge Nielsen 1913-1986 (in Danish)


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