Even Hovdhaugen

Even Hovdhaugen (June 21, 1941 – October 16, 2018) was a Norwegian linguist. He became a professor of general linguistics at the University of Oslo in 1974. He was an expert in Polynesian languages.

Hovdhaugen was born in Oslo, the son of the politician Einar Hovdhaugen. He carried out field research in Hungary, Turkey, the USSR, Mongolia, Peru, Chile, Samoa, Tokelau, and the Solomon Islands. He died on October 16, 2018.

Selected works Transformasjonell generativ grammatikk (Transformational Generative Grammar, 1969, 1971) Foundations of Western Linguistics (1982) From the Land of N'afanua. Samoan Oral Texts in Transcription with Translation, Notes and Vocabulary (1987) A Handbook of the Tokelau Language (with Ingjerd Hoëm, Consulata Mahina Iosefo, and Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen, 1989) Ko te kalama moamoa Tokelau (with Ingjerd Hoëm and Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen, 1989) Kupu mai te Tutolu. Tokelau Oral Literature (with Ingjerd Hoëm and Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen, 1992) Samoan Reference Grammar (with Ulrike Mosel, 1992) (editor) ...and the Word was God. Missionary Linguistics and Missionary Grammar (1996) The History of Linguistics in the Nordic Countries (with Fred Karlsson, Carol Henriksen, and Bengt Sigurd, 2000)