Anne Holtsmark
Anne Elisabeth Holtsmark (21 June 1896 – 19 May 1974) was a Norwegian philologist.
Personal life
She was born in Kristiania, and grew up in Kristiania and Ås, as a daughter of Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark (1867–1954) and Margrete Weisse (1871–1933). She was a maternal granddaughter of Johan Peter Weisse, and a paternal granddaughter of Bent Holtsmark. She was a niece of Bernt and Torger Holtsmark, and a sister of Johan and Karen Holtsmark. Herself, she did not marry.[1][2]
Career
She took various secondary education and also worked in the bank Christiania Sparebank from 1913 to 1915 before attempting to take the examen artium. She took this at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1917, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.philol. degree in 1924. She majored in Norwegian and minored in French and history, and also worked part-time.[1]
She worked at the University Library of Oslo until 1930, except for the year 1925 to 1926 when she lectured in Norwegian in Hamburg. She was hired as a docent in Norse philology at the University in 1931, took the dr.philos. degree in 1936 with the thesis En islandsk scholasticus fra det 12. århundre, and was promoted to professor in 1949. She translated Heimskringla together with Didrik Arup Seip (released in two volumes, 1934), and also the Prose Edda (released 1950), Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar (released 1956), Sverris saga (released 1961), Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (released 1964) and the Orkneyinga saga (released 1970). She wrote her master's thesis on the Glymdrápa, and also published on the Haustlöng.[1] From 1938 to 1949 she led the project Gammelnorsk ordboksverk.[3] She was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1941.[1]
She had to step down in 1960, because of multiple sclerosis sustained in the 1950s, binding her to the wheelchair. She was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1958, and died in May 1974 in Oslo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Anne Holtsmark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 April 2010.