Asbjørn Nesheim, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Asbjørn Nesheim

Norwegian linguist and researcher of the Sámi languages and culture

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1906

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1989

Profession: author, editor, linguist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Asbjørn Nesheim (14 December 1906 in Trondheim –19 January 1989 in Oslo) was a Norwegian linguist and curator known for his research on the Sámi languages and cultural history, particularly for his collaboration with Konrad Nielsen on volumes four and five of Nielsen's Lapp Dictionary.
Nesheim was also responsible for creating and building up a Sámi Department at the Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo from the 1950s on.