Arne Torp
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Arne Torp is a Norwegian professor of Nordic languages in the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Oslo
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Torp has published widely, both for the higher education sector and for high school. Arne Torp was for years a member of the Norwegian Language Council
and has participated in several radio and television programs in discussion of Nordic linguistics and the Norwegian language
in particular.
Arne Torp is the father of actress Ane Dahl Torp
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In 2008, Arne Torp participated in a series of radio commercials for the grocery chain Joker, where he used his knowledge of Norwegian dialects to discern the geographic origin of speakers.
Arne Torp was the leader of the 'Landslaget for språklig samling' (Norwegian: National Association for Language Collection) from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 2003, he was editor of the magazine-language collection.
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
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Torp has published widely, both for the higher education sector and for high school. Arne Torp was for years a member of the Norwegian Language Council
Norwegian Language Council
The Norwegian Language Council was the regulation authority for the Norwegian language. It has been superseded by The Language Council of Norway .The council had 38 members, and created lists of acceptable word forms...
and has participated in several radio and television programs in discussion of Nordic linguistics and the Norwegian language
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
in particular.
Arne Torp is the father of actress Ane Dahl Torp
Ane Dahl Torp
Ane Dahl Torp is a Norwegian actress. Her first film appearance was in The Woman of My Life . She has received an Amanda award for her roles both as Trude Eriksen in Svarte penger, hvite løgner , and as Nina Skåtøy in the film Gymnaslærer Pedersen .Torp was named a "Shooting Star" at the Berlin...
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In 2008, Arne Torp participated in a series of radio commercials for the grocery chain Joker, where he used his knowledge of Norwegian dialects to discern the geographic origin of speakers.
Arne Torp was the leader of the 'Landslaget for språklig samling' (Norwegian: National Association for Language Collection) from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 2003, he was editor of the magazine-language collection.