Finnur Jónsson
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Finnur Jónsson (May 29, 1858 – March 30, 1934) was an Icelandic philologist and Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen. He made extensive contributions to the study of Old Norse literature. [1]
Finnur Jónsson was born at Akureyri in northern Iceland. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1878 and went to Denmark for further studies at the University of Copenhagen. He received a doctorate in philology in 1884 with a dissertation on skaldic poetry. He became a docent at the university in 1887 and a professor in 1898, serving until 1928. After retiring he continued work on his subject with new publications until the year he died. [2]
He was elected member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg in 1905 and corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities in 1908.[3]
Finnur's principal area of study was Old Norse poetry. His three most important works are Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning, an edition of the entire corpus of skaldic poetry in two parts – one which gives the text of the manuscripts with variants and one which gives a normalized text and a Danish translation. Another of Finnur's major works is Lexicon Poeticum, a dictionary of Old Norse poetry, ostensibly an update of a work with the same name by Sveinbjörn Egilsson but in effect an original work. The third principal work is Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie, a detailed history of Old Norse literature.
Finnur was an unusually prolific scholar, preparing editions of, among other works, numerous Icelanders' sagas, Kings' sagas, Rímur (along with a dictionary of rímur) and the Eddas. A skilled polemicist, he defended his belief in the historical accuracy of the sagas and the antiquity of the Eddic poems in debates with other scholars. [4]
References
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Other sources
- Jón Helgason (1934). "Mindeord om Finnur Jónsson" in Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, 1934, pp. 137–60.
External links
- Det gamle Grønlands beskrivelse af Ívar Bárðarson (Ivar Bårdssön) (translated by Finnur Jónsson. published by Levin & Munksgaard Forlag. 1930)
- Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning (translated by Finnur Jónsson. published by Gyldendal, Nordisk forlag 1912–1915)
- Old Norse editions List includes several works by Finnur Jónsson
- Lexicon Poeticum A partial online edition
- Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning A partial online edition
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- 1858 births
- 1934 deaths
- 19th-century Danish philologists
- 20th-century Danish philologists
- 19th-century Danish translators
- Danish scholars
- University of Copenhagen alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen
- Translators from Icelandic
- Icelandic scholars
- Icelandic philologists
- Old Norse studies scholars
- Members of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
- Corresponding fellows of the British Academy
- People from Akureyri