Asbjørn Aarseth

Who was Asbjørn Aarseth?

Asbjørn Aarseth was a Norwegian literary historian, born in Inderøy.

He obtained the mag.art. degree at the University of Bergen in 1963, received an academic position in literary studies here in 1967, and became professor of Nordic literature in 1985. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

An important book was Lyriske strukturer, written together with Atle Kittang, which came to be a standard work in lyrical analysis. He was also an authority on Henrik Ibsen, and was involved in the project Henrik Ibsens skrifter.

He died in August 2009.