About Asbjørn Nesheim
Lived 1906 – 1989 (aged 82). Asbjørn Nesheim was a Norwegian linguist, editor, author, ethnologist, photographer and curator.
Asbjørn Nesheim (14 December 1906 in Trondheim –19 January 1989 in Oslo) was a Norwegian linguist and curator known for his research on the Sámi languages and cultural history, particularly for his collaboration with Konrad Nielsen on volumes four and five of Nielsen's Lapp Dictionary. Nesheim was also responsible for creating and building up a Sámi Department at the Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo from the 1950s on.
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Norwegian linguist and researcher of the Sámi languages and culture (1906-1989)
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Asbjørn Nesheim was born on 14 December 1906 in Trondheim.
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Asbjørn Nesheim died on 19 January 1989 in Oslo.
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Asbjørn Nesheim was a linguist, editor, author, ethnologist, photographer and curator.
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Asbjørn Nesheim was Norwegian.
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