Einar Haugen

Einar Haugen
Born	Einar Ingvald Haugen (1906-04-19)April 19, 1906 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 20, 1994(1994-06-20) (aged 88) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Spouse	Eva Lund Haugen ​ (m. 1932)​
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D.
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Institutions	University of Wisconsin–Madison Harvard University

Einar Ingvald Haugen (/ˈhaʊɡən/; April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist and writer known for his influential work in American sociolinguistics^[1] and Norwegian-American studies, ^{[2] [3]} including Old Norse studies.

Haugen was a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University. ^[4] 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. ^[5] 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.^[6]