Background
Thordarson, Fridrik was born on March 7, 1928 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Thordur and Gudrun Bjoerg (Sigurdardottir) Gudmundsson.
Thordarson, Fridrik was born on March 7, 1928 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Thordur and Gudrun Bjoerg (Sigurdardottir) Gudmundsson.
Student, Latin School, Reykjavik, 1948. Candidate philological Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, University Oslo, 1961.
University lecturer University Bergen (Norway), 1964. Library University Library., Oslo, 1960-1963. University lecturer University Oslo, 1965-1975, senior lecturer, 1975-1994, professor, since 1994.
Head classics department University Oslo, 1978-1983.
Member Norwegian Linguistic Society Oslo (president 1972-1973), Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Norwegian Oriental Society, Societas Caucasologica Europaea (board directors 1986-1988, 90-2000).
Married Kirsten Schack Abrahamsen, December 28, 1975.