Background
Hovdhaugen, Even was born on June 21, 1941 in Oslo. Son of Einar and Lidveig (Evensen) Hovdhaugen.
Hovdhaugen, Even was born on June 21, 1941 in Oslo. Son of Einar and Lidveig (Evensen) Hovdhaugen.
Master of Arts, University Oslo, 1966.
He has been a professor of general linguistics at the University of Oslo since 1974. He is an expert in Polynesian languages. He received his master"s degree in classical philology and comparative Indo-European linguistics in 1966.
He carried out field research in Hungary, Turkey, the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Mongolia, Peru, Chile, Samoa, Tokelau, and the Solomon Islands.
He has produced extensive research and has published textbooks for both university and high school use. He has authored grammars of Samoan and Tokelauan.
In 1995 he was a guest professor at the University of Copenhagen, and from 1978 to 1980 he served as the first editor of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics. He has held several key positions within university administration and research, including dean of the Faculty of Arts in Oslo.
He headed the Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture from 1986 to 1991.
Married Mette Waage, May 25, 1965 (divorced 1998). Children: Dag, Unn; married Solveig Rokseth, January 30, 1999.