Jan Terje Faarlund

Background

Faarlund, Jan Terje was born on May 3, 1943 in Hamar, Norway. Arrived in United States, 1983. Son of Anners and Ruth Faarlund.

Education

Baccalaureat, Eidsvoll Landsgymnas, Norway, 1962.

Career

His academic career began with his magister dissertation Preposisjonsuttrykkenes syntaks i moderne norsk (Prepositional Phrase Syntax in Modern Norwegian, 1974) and he has also done substantial work on grammatical issues in Norwegian. One of his most extensive works is as a coauthor of Norsk referansegrammatikk (Norwegian Reference Grammar, 1997). Faarlund previously worked as a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

In 2013 he was awarded the Gad Rausing Prize for Outstanding Research in the Humanities by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

Achievements

• January Terje Faarlund has been listed as a noteworthy language educator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Syntax of Old Norse: With a survey of the inflectional morphology and a complete bibliography

    (This book offers the first account of Old Norse syntax fo...)

  • (The Syntax of Old Norse: With a Survey of the Inflectional Morphology and a Complete Bibliography) Author: Jan Terje Faarlund published on (December, 2004)
  • Verb og predikat: Ein studie i norsk verbalsemantikk (Norwegian Edition)
  • The Syntax of Old Norse: With a survey of the inflectional morphology and a complete bibliography by Jan Terje Faarlund (2008-03-01)

Membership

He was elected as a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1983 and as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1996. He has also been a member of the London Philological Society since 1977.

Connections

Father:

Anners Faarlund

Mother:

Ruth Faarlund