THORDARSON, Fridrik (Friđrik þórđarson). Reykjavik 7.3.1928 — 2.10.2005. Icelandic Iranian Scholar in Norway. Son of Thordar Gudmundson and Gudrun Sigurdadottir. After school in Reykjavik came to Norway 1951 and studied classical philology at Oslo (with Indology as minor), graduated 1963. From 1965 taught Classics at Oslo as Lecturer, from 1994 as Professor. Specially interested in Old Iranian and Ossetic, also in Caucasian (Georgian). In 1968-69 in Georgia studying these languages. Married 1975 Kirsten Schack Abrahamsen.
Publications: Ossetic Grammatical Studies. Vienna 2009; articles, e.g. in Encyclop. Iranica; Icelandic translations of classics.
Sources: *D. Haug, Symbolae Osloenses 80, 2005 with photo (only first page seen); W. Boeder in titus.uni-frankfurt.de (2005); prabook.com; Wikipedia with photo.
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