Kjell Venås is a Norwegian philologist.

He was born in Hemsedal

Hemsedal

Hemsedal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Trøym. In 1897, Hemsedal was separated from the municipality of Gol to become a municipality of its own.Hemsedal is the...

, and took his dr.philos. degree in 1967. He spent most of his career at the University of Oslo

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...

; as a lecturer from 1970 to 1971 and professor from 1971 to 1997. Specializing in research about the Nynorsk

Nynorsk

Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...

 language form, Venås has also been involved in 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 It has been superseded by The Language Council of Norway .The council had 38 members, and created lists of acceptable word forms...

. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...

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Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most notable works:

• Hallingmålet (1977)
• Mål og miljø (1982)
• For Noreg og Ivar Aasen. Gustav Indrebø
  Gustav Indrebø
  Gustav Indrebø was a Norwegian philologist.His father was a teacher in Årdal, Jølster. His brother Ragnvald Indrebø became bishop of the diocese of Bjørgvin....
  
   i arbeid og strid (1984)
• Norsk grammatikk. Nynorsk (1990)
• I Aasens fotefar. Marius Hægstad (1992)
• Då tida var fullkomen. Ivar Aasen
  Ivar Aasen
  Ivar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet.-Background:...
  
  (1996)