Magnus Olsen
Magnus Bernhard Olsen (Arendal, 28 November 1878 – Oslo, 16 January 1963) was a Norwegian linguist and a professor in Norse philology at the University of Oslo from 1908 to 1948. His writings on Norse paganism and interpretations of the names of Norwegian farms and other placenames were influential.
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