Ruth Eldbjørg Vatvedt Fjeld (born 8 May 1948 in

Aremark Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby. Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymar ...

) is a Norwegian linguist. She is a Professor of

Lexicography Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretical le ...

and Dialect Research at the

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. She obtained the

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degree at the University of Oslo in 1998, with the dissertation ''Rimelig ut fra sakens art. Om tolkning av ubestemte adjektiv i regelgivende språk''. She has been responsible for a large project on the lexicography of

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 ...

(''Det leksikografiske bokmålskorpuset''; LBK) since 2000. She has also served as the expert adviser on language to the

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. In 2013, she was elected as the Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo, its second highest position, for the term 2013-2017. However, in 2014 she resigned from her position as Pro-Rector, citing harassment of her by Rector

Ole Petter Ottersen Ole Petter Ottersen (born 17 March 1955) is a Norwegian physician and neuroscientist. He took office as the rector of Karolinska Institute in Sweden in August 2017. Ottersen has been professor of medicine at the University of Oslo since 1992 a ...

and stating that she was deprived of most responsibilities associated with her position as the university's Pro-Rector and not involved in the decision-making process.«Vi bør si minst mulig» – Studenter i opprør – krever nyvalg
''Klassekampen'', 23 May 2014

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1948 births Living people People from Østfold People from Aremark Linguists from Norway Norwegian women linguists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people {{Norway-academic-bio-stub