Lars Sigurdsson Vikør (born 30 April 1946) is a Norwegian linguist, translator and educator.

Biography

Lars Vikør is a graduate of the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

and the

University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest university in the Neth ...

. He is a professor of Scandinavian languages and linguistics and specialist in

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

lexicography at the

. He is the main editor of the Norwegian Dictionary ('' Norsk Ordbok''). He has also engaged in the National Association for Language Collection (''Landslaget for språklig samling''). Vikør has written books and articles on sociolinguistics,

language politics Language politics is the way language and linguistic differences between peoples are dealt with in the political arena. This could manifest as government recognition, as well as how language is treated in official capacities. The topic covers ma ...

, and modern language history, notably ''The New Norse Language Movement''. He has devoted himself for Samnorsk—towards language equality between Norway's two competing written language forms,

and

Bokmål Bokmål () (, ; ) is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk. Bokmål is by far the most used written form of Norwegian today, as it is adopted by 85% to 90% of the population in Norway. There is no cou ...

, and has been a representative of the

Norwegian Language Council The Language Council of Norway (, ) is the administrative body of the Norwegian state on language issues. It regulates the two written forms of the Norwegian language: Bokmål and Nynorsk. It was established in 2005 and replaced the Norwegian Lan ...

Selected works

*''The New Norse language movement'' (1975) *''Sprakpolitikk pa fem kontinent: Eit oversyn og ei jamføring'' (1977) *''Perfecting spelling: Spelling discussions and reforms in Indonesia and Malaysia, 1900–1972'' (1988) *''The Nordic languages: Their status and interrelations'' (1993) *''Aust-Timor, ein nasjon under jernhælen'' (1994)

References

External links

Publications of Lars S. Vikør in Frida
1946 births Living people Linguists from Norway Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian translators {{Norway-translator-stub