Ottar Grønvik

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1916 – 2008

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Who was Ottar Grønvik?

Ottar Nicolai Grønvik was a Norwegian philologist and runology scholar.

He was a lecturer from 1959 and associate professor from 1965 to 1986, at the University of Oslo. His doctorate thesis which earned him the dr.philos. degree in 1981 was Runene på Tunesteinen. He was best known for his work on the runic alphabet and various runestones, especially the Tune Runestone, the Rök Runestone and the Eggjum stone.

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Born
Oct 21, 1916
Died
May 15, 2008

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on July 23, 2013

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