Riksmål Society
Riksmålsforbundet (official translation: "The Riksmål Society - The Society for the Preservation of Traditional Standard Norwegian"[1]) is the main organisation for Riksmål, one of the written standard of the Norwegian language (see Norwegian language struggle).
The society was founded by subsequent Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson on April 7, 1907.
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[edit] History
Although Riksmålsforbundet was founded in 1907 by poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, the efforts to organize in support of riksmål dates back to 1899. It served as opposition to efforts by Norwegians who were organized to promote landsmål as the single language for the country.
Riksmålsforbundet worked to preserve and promote riksmål, the traditional written language in Norway, and has consistently opposed the government samnorsk policy as well as opposing compulsory education in the English.[clarification needed]
Prominent members of the riksmål movement included the author Jens Bjørneboe, his cousin André Bjerke, Terje Stigen, Carl Keilhau, Agnar Mykle, Arnulf Øverland, Sigurd Hoel, Johan Bernhard Hjort, Knut Wigert, Margrethe Aamot Øverland, Sofie Helene Wigert and Varg Vikernes[2]. Among other spokespersons for the riksmål cause are authors such as Claes Gill, Nils Kjær, Knut Hamsun, Gabriel Scott and Henrik Ibsen.
In recent years a series of language reforms, particularly those of 1981 and 2005, have shown that many of the Riksmålsforbundet goals have been achieved. The Samnorsk policy has been officially abandoned. Officially modern bokmål allows most riksmål forms. In addition, there is now a political majority in favor of discontinuing mandatory speech policy in Norway.
The Riksmålsforbundet publishes the magazine Ordet (The Word).
[edit] Leaders
- 1907–1910 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- 1910–1911 Ragna Nielsen
- 1911–1916 Alfred Eriksen
- 1916–1918 I. M. Platou
- 1918–1919 Jens Jørgen Mørland
- 1919–1929 Gerhard Holm
- 1929–1936 Ragnar Ullmann
- 1936–1937 Alf Harbitz
- 1939–1945 Harald Bakke
- 1945–1947 Jonas Hestnes
- 1947–1956 Arnulf Øverland
- 1956–1959 Sigurd Hoel
- 1959–1961 Ernst Sørensen
- 1961–1969 Johan Bernhard Hjort
- 1969–1974 Aksel Lydersen
- 1974–1983 Knut Wigert
- 1983–1988 Jan Willoch
- 1988–1990 Erling Granholt
- 1990– Trond Vernegg
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[edit] References
- ^ "RIKSMÅLSFORBUNDETS SPRÅKSPALTE" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930171043/http://www.riksmalsforbundet.no/sprakspalte/spalte_innlegg_38.html. Retrieved 2008-02-04. "Riksmålsforbundet ― oversettelse av forbundets navn til engelsk Noen har kanskje interesse av å vite hva Riksmålsforbundet heter på engelsk. Her er svaret: The Riksmaalsociety ― the Society for the Preservation of Traditional Standard Norwegian. (Riksmålsforbundet)"
- ^ «Greven» angrer ingenting
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