Sophus Bugge

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Sophus Bugge
Born	(1833-01-05)5 January 1833 Larvik, Norway
Died	8 July 1907(1907-07-08) (aged 74) Christiana, Norway
Known for	Contributions to Norse philology Bugge's canon Bugge's rule
Spouse	Karen Sophie Schreiner ​ ​ (m. 1869; died 1897)​
Scientific career
Fields	linguistics, historical linguistics, Old Norse
Institutions	Christiana University

Elseus Sophus Bugge (5 January 1833 – 8 July 1907) was a Norwegian philologist and linguist. His scholarly work was directed to the study of runic inscriptions and Norse philology. Bugge is best known for his theories and his work on the runic alphabet and the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda.^[1]