About Øivind Andersen
Born 1944. Øivind Andersen is a Norwegian classical philologist, linguist, university teacher and philologist.
Øivind Andersen (born 12 October 1944) is a Norwegian philologist.
He was born in Oslo, and took the dr.philos. degree in 1976 with the thesis Paradeigmata. Beiträge zum Verständnis der Ilias. He was appointed as a professor at the University of Trondheim in 1980, and from 1989 to 1993 he was the first director of the Norwegian Institute at Athens. In 1997 he became professor at the University of Oslo. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
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Who is Øivind Andersen?
Norwegian philologist
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Øivind Andersen was born on 12 October 1944.
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Øivind Andersen is a classical philologist, linguist, university teacher and philologist.
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Øivind Andersen is Norwegian.
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