Knut Liestøl
Knut Liestøl (13 November 1881 – 26 June 1952) was a Norwegian folklorist, Nynorsk proponent and politician.He was born in Åseral as a son of farmers Olav Knutson Liestøl (1855–1944) and Sigrid Røynelid (1856–1950). He was a nephew of Lars Liestøl. In July 1913 he married farmers' daughter Signe Høgetveit. Their son Olav became a noted glaciologist.
A folklorist by profession, he took the dr.philos. degree in 1915 with the thesis ''Norske trollvisor og norrøne sogor''. He was appointed as a docent in Nynorsk at the Royal Frederick University in 1909 and promoted to professor of folkloristics in 1917. He also served in Mowinckel's Third Cabinet as Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1933 to 1935. He was also the chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1925 to 1926.
Liestøl was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1916 and graduated as a Knight, Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon and the Order of the Three Stars. He resided at Ramstad. He died in June 1952 in Bærum. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by Stein Kristiansen, Mari Sonsteby Hugaas, Vera Goebel, Thomas Plagemann, Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Knut LiestolGet full text
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4by Silje B Jørgensen, Arne Søraas, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Knut Liestøl, Truls M Leegaard, Pål A JenumGet full text
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5by Dlawer Abdulla Barzenje, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Knut Liestøl, Alexander Fosså, Jan Delabie, Arne Kolstad, Harald HolteGet full text
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6by Helene Schulerud, Gunner B. Kristensen, Knut Liestøl, Liljana Vlatkovic, Albrecht Reith, Fritz Albregtsen, Hàvard E. DanielsenGet full text
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9by Åsmund H Eikenes, Lene Malerød, Anette Lie Christensen, Chloé B Steen, Juliette Mathieu, Ioannis P Nezis, Knut Liestøl, Jean-René Huynh, Harald Stenmark, Kaisa HaglundGet full text
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10by Kanutte Huse, Maren Bakkebø, Sébastien Wälchli, Morten P Oksvold, Vera I Hilden, Lise Forfang, May L Bredahl, Knut Liestøl, Ash A Alizadeh, Erlend B Smeland, June H MyklebustGet full text
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11by Miriam Ragle Aure, Israel Steinfeld, Lars Oliver Baumbusch, Knut Liestøl, Doron Lipson, Sandra Nyberg, Bjørn Naume, Kristine Kleivi Sahlberg, Vessela N Kristensen, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Ole Christian Lingjærde, Zohar YakhiniGet full text
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12by Stine H Kresse, Halfdan Rydbeck, Magne Skårn, Heidi M Namløs, Ana H Barragan-Polania, Anne-Marie Cleton-Jansen, Massimo Serra, Knut Liestøl, Pancras C W Hogendoorn, Eivind Hovig, Ola Myklebost, Leonardo A Meza-ZepedaGet full text
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13by Petter Holland, Helene Knævelsrud, Kristiane Søreng, Benan J. Mathai, Alf Håkon Lystad, Serhiy Pankiv, Gunnveig T. Bjørndal, Sebastian W. Schultz, Viola H. Lobert, Robin B. Chan, Bowen Zhou, Knut Liestøl, Sven R. Carlsson, Thomas J. Melia, Gilbert Di Paolo, Anne SimonsenGet full text
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14by Lars O Baumbusch, Åslaug Helland, Yun Wang, Knut Liestøl, Marci E Schaner, Ruth Holm, Dariush Etemadmoghadam, Kathryn Alsop, Pat Brown, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Gillian Mitchell, Sian Fereday, Anna DeFazio, David D L Bowtell, Gunnar B Kristensen, Ole Christian Lingjærde, Anne-Lise Børresen-DaleGet full text
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