Wollert Keilhau

Wollert Otto Hallvard Konow Keilhau (8 February 1894 – 19 October 1958) was a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist.

Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of Carl Keilhau (1864–1900) and Modesta Konow (1864–1931). On the mother's side he was a great-grandson of politician Carl Konow, and named after his maternal grandfather Wollert Otto Konow (1833–1895).

In 1918 he married farmer's daughter Anna Mathilde "Magnhild" Østvold. Their son Carl Keilhau became a journalist and poet.

Career He finished his secondary education in 1912, and enrolled in philology studies at the Royal Frederick University. Already in 1914 he was hired at the Deichman Library, then at the Parliament of Norway Library. He was head librarian here from 1924. While studying he chaired the students' Nynorsk association Studentmållaget in 1916.