Knut Robberstad

Norwegian jurist and philologist

Knut Ingebrikt Robberstad (22 April 1899 – 31 July 1981) was a Norwegian jurist and philologist.^[1]

He was born in Askøy, Hordaland, Norway. He was a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oslo from 1945 to 1969. His juridical publications include Oreigningsvederlaget (1968) and Rettsutferd (1969). A philologist who chaired Noregs Mållag from 1952 to 1957, he translated several documents from Old Norse, including Magnus Lagabøters bylov (1923), a law dating from the reign of Magnus IV of Norway, and Gulatingslovi (1937).^[2]

References

^ Ola Mestad. "Knut Robberstad". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
^ "Robberstad, Knut (Ingebrikt)". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}