Background
Jahr, Ernst Håkon was born on March 4, 1948 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Ernst Håkon and Else Aale Jahr.
Jahr, Ernst Håkon was born on March 4, 1948 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Ernst Håkon and Else Aale Jahr.
Candidate magazine, University Oslo, Norway, 1973. Candidate philological, University Oslo, Norway, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tromsø, Norway, 1984.
Doctor (honorary), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 1995.
Research assistant University Oslo, 1972—1976. Assistant professor University Tromsø, 1976—1981, associate professor, 1981—1986, professor, 1986—1998, dean humanities faculty, 1981—1982. Professor University Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, since 1999, president, rector, 2000—2007.
Consultant professor Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, since 1994. Visiting scholar University Reading, England, 1986. Vice professor University Hamburg, Germany, 1992—1993.
Chairman committee for Arctic research Norwegian University Council, 1989—1992.
Fellow: Royal Gustavo Adolph Academy, Uppsala, Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters (president since 2002), Norwegian Society Language and Literature, Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Royale Norwegian Society Sciences and Letters. Member: Society Linguistica Europaea (member executive committee 1992-1997).
Married Inger M. Martinsen, December 31, 1970. Children: Siv, Ernst Håkon, Eivind.