Einar Haugen

Life & Legacy

Einar Ingvald Haugen (; April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was a Norwegian-American linguist and writer known for his influential work in American sociolinguistics
and Norwegian-American studies, including Old Norse studies.
Haugen was a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University.
He also served as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Haugen was also a member of the Board of Editors of the Norwegian-American Historical Association.
In 1972 he was awarded an honorary degree, doctor philos. honoris causa, at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, later part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.