Background
He was born in Leikanger as a son of the bishop and politician Jakob Sverdrup (1845–1899).
lexicographer linguist philologist professor
He was born in Leikanger as a son of the bishop and politician Jakob Sverdrup (1845–1899).
He was hired as a lecturer at the University of Oslo in 1917, took the dr.philos. degree in 1928 with the thesis Zum germanischen Verbalsystem, and was promoted to professor of Germanic philology in 1929. Among his works were a German-Norwegian dictionary, released in two volumes in 1933 and 1936.