Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen was born on August 5, 1813. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ivar Aasen
Ivar Andreas Aasen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈîːvɑr ˈòːsn̩]; 5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet. He was best known for having assembled one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Nynorsk, from various dialects.