Torleiv Hannaas (Norwegian pronunciation:[ˈtʊ̀lːæɪvˈhɑnːoːs];[tone?] 14 July 1874 – 19 November 1929) was a Norwegian philologist.
He was born inHornnes as a son of farmers Thomas Nilsson Hannaas (1843–1915) and Anne Tolleivsdotter Vetrhus (1845–1944). In July 1906 he married teacher Ingerd Yttreland (1879–1954).[1] Their daughter Liv married banker Egil Hiis Hauge.[2] Torleiv Hannaas died in November 1929 inFana.[1]
He became professor atBergen Museum in 1918. His most important publications wasNorske bygder I (1921) andNorske bygder II (1926), about the dialects inSetesdal andVest-Agder. He founded theNorsk Aarbok in 1920, and is often credited for introducing the termHøgnorsk in an article in 1922.[citation needed] He was the chairman ofNoregs Mållag from 1926 to his death.[3][1]
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