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'''Anne Elisabeth Holtsmark''' (21 June 1896 – 19 May 1974) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Philology|philologist]]. |
'''Anne Elisabeth Holtsmark''' (21 June 1896 – 19 May 1974) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Philology|philologist]]. |
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Holtsmark published several translations from [[Old Norse]] into Norwegian: ''[[Heimskringla]]'' (with [[Didrik Arup Seip]], two volumes, 1934); the ''[[Prose Edda]]'' (1950); ''[[Legendary Saga of St. Olaf|Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar]]'' (1956); ''[[Sverris saga]]'' (1961), ''[[Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar]]'' (1964); and ''[[Orkneyinga saga]]'' (1970). She wrote her master's thesis on the ''[[Glymdrápa]]'', and also published on the ''[[Haustlöng]]''.<ref name=nbl/> From 1938 to 1949 she led the Old Norse dictionary project ''Gammelnorsk ordboksverk''.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007 |title=Anne Holtsmark |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Anne_Holtsmark | |
Holtsmark published several translations from [[Old Norse]] into Norwegian: ''[[Heimskringla]]'' (with [[Didrik Arup Seip]], two volumes, 1934); the ''[[Prose Edda]]'' (1950); ''[[Legendary Saga of St. Olaf|Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar]]'' (1956); ''[[Sverris saga]]'' (1961), ''[[Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar]]'' (1964); and ''[[Orkneyinga saga]]'' (1970). She wrote her master's thesis on the ''[[Glymdrápa]]'', and also published on the ''[[Haustlöng]]''.<ref name=nbl/> From 1938 to 1949 she led the Old Norse dictionary project ''Gammelnorsk ordboksverk''.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007 |title=Anne Holtsmark |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Anne_Holtsmark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205114421/https://snl.no/Anne_Holtsmark |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=15 April 2010 }}</ref> |
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She published numerous articles, including many contributions to the ''Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder''.<ref name=nbl/> Her book on [[Norse mythology]], ''Norrøn mytologi: Tru og mytar i vikingtida'' (1970) was republished and translated several times.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr97-9170 Holtsmark, Anne 1896-1974], Identities, [[WorldCat]].</ref> |
She published numerous articles, including many contributions to the ''Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder''.<ref name=nbl/> Her book on [[Norse mythology]], ''Norrøn mytologi: Tru og mytar i vikingtida'' (1970) was republished and translated several times.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr97-9170 Holtsmark, Anne 1896-1974], Identities, [[WorldCat]].</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 13 January 2023
Anne Elisabeth Holtsmark (21 June 1896 – 19 May 1974) was a Norwegian philologist.
Personal life[edit]
She was born in Kristiania, the second of five children of Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark (1867–1954) and Margrete Weisse (1871–1933), and grew up in Kristiania and Ås. She was a maternal granddaughter of Johan Peter Weisse, a paternal granddaughter of Bent Holtsmark, a niece of Bernt and Torger Holtsmark, and a sister of Johan and Karen Holtsmark. She herself never married.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Holtsmark was educated in business schools and worked at the Christiania Sparebank from 1913 to 1915 before taking the examen artium at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1917. In 1927, she graduated from the Royal Frederick University with a cand.philol. degree in 1924. She majored in Norwegian and minored in French and history, and also worked part-time as a tutor and keeping accounts at the Oslo Commerce School, where her father was the director.[1]
Holtsmark became the first female professor in Old Norse at the University of Oslo.[3] She worked at the University Library of Oslo until 1930, except for 1925–26, when she was a docent in Norwegian at the University of Hamburg for a year. In 1931 she was hired as a docent in Norse philology at the University. She took the dr.philos. degree in 1936 with the thesis En islandsk scholasticus fra det 12. århundre, and in 1949 was promoted to professor, succeeding Magnus Olsen.[1]
She had to retire in 1960 because of multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a wheelchair from the 1950s onwards. She died in Oslo in May 1974.[1]
Publications[edit]
Holtsmark published several translations from Old Norse into Norwegian: Heimskringla (with Didrik Arup Seip, two volumes, 1934); the Prose Edda (1950); Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar (1956); Sverris saga (1961), Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (1964); and Orkneyinga saga (1970). She wrote her master's thesis on the Glymdrápa, and also published on the Haustlöng.[1] From 1938 to 1949 she led the Old Norse dictionary project Gammelnorsk ordboksverk.[4]
She published numerous articles, including many contributions to the Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder.[1] Her book on Norse mythology, Norrøn mytologi: Tru og mytar i vikingtida (1970) was republished and translated several times.[5]
Honours[edit]
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (from 1941)[1]
- Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (Knight 1st Class) (1958)[1]
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Iceland (1961)[1][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Halvorsen, Eyvind Fjeld. "Anne Holtsmark". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Holtsmark" (in Norwegian). Lier municipality. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ Anne Holtsmark Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Alma Maters døtre 1882-1982: Kvinner ansatt i vitenskaplig stilling på Universitetet i Oslo 1900 – 1940.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Anne Holtsmark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ Holtsmark, Anne 1896-1974, Identities, WorldCat.
- ^ "Æresdoktor ved Islands universitet", Aftenposten 13 October 1961, p. 2 (in Norwegian)
External links[edit]
- Works by and about Anne Holtsmark at OCLC WorldCat
- "Anne Holtsmark 75 år", Aftenposten 19 June 1971, p. 9 (in Norwegian)
- "Minneord om Anne Holtsmark", Aftenposten 22 May 1974, p. 23 (Obituary) (in Norwegian)
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- 1896 births
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- Writers from Oslo
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- Norwegian expatriates in Germany
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- Norwegian philologists
- Academic staff of the University of Oslo
- Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- People with multiple sclerosis
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- 20th-century Norwegian translators
- 20th-century Norwegian women writers
- Women philologists
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