Niels Åge Nielsen

Niels Aage Anton Nielsen was a Danish professor of Nordic languages at Aarhus University. He was also a leader in the Danish resistance movement.

Life and career

Nielsen was the son of master carpenter Niels Nielsen and his wife Ella Kirstine Rasmussen .
He took his high school diploma at Marselisborg Gymnasium in 1933, and in 1942 he obtained a master's degree in arts from Aarhus University. Later, he held various teaching positions at the same university, until he became a professor of Nordic languages at Odense University in 1966. However, he returned to his former university in 1972.
He mostly devoted his attention to studying Danish dialects, especially the different dialects in Jutland and the history of the Danish language.
Niels Aage Nielsen was also a high-ranking communist member of the Danish resistance movement during the German occupation of Denmark.

Publications

De jyske dialekter. Copenhagen: Gyldendal 1959.Dansk etymologisk ordbog. Copenhagen: Gyldendal 1966, 6th edition 2010.Runestudier. Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag 1968.Sprogets opståen og udvikling.. Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1968.Runerne på Rökstenen. Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag 1969.Dansk dialektantologi. Volume 1: Østdansk og ømål. Volume 2: Jysk. Copenhagen: Hernov 1978–80.Mellem jyske modstandsfolk 1941–1945. Copenhagen: Zac 1980.Sprogrenseren H.C. Ørsted ''. Volume 1–2.'' Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1981.50 danske runeindskrifter. Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1981.Syntaksen i Holbergs epistler. Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1983.Danske runeindskrifter: et udvalg med kommentarer. Copenhagen: Hernov 1983.Norske indslag i nydansk. Volume 1: Dansk over for norsk sprog ca. 1700–1950. Volume 2: Liste over låneord fra norsk ca. 1700–1950. Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1983–84.Fra runesprog til nudansk: studier og kommenterede tekster. Aarhus: Nordisk Institut, Aarhus University 1984.Norsk-dansk ordbog. Gyldendal 1971.Gyldendals fremmedordbog. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 9th edition 1983.