The Most Famous
LINGUISTS from Norway
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Norwegian Linguists of all time. This list of famous Norwegian Linguists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Sophus Bugge (1833 - 1907)
With an HPI of 39.40, Sophus Bugge is the most famous Norwegian Linguist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Elseus Sophus Bugge (5 January 1833 – 8 July 1907) was a Norwegian philologist and linguist. His scholarly work was directed to the study of runic inscriptions and Norse philology. Bugge is best known for his theories and his work on the runic alphabet and the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as linguists born between 1833 and 1833. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased linguists include Sophus Bugge.
