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Svein Karl Mønnesland (born 26 October 1943) is a Norwegian Slavist.

He was born in Skien. Since 1979 he teaches as a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Oslo. He is considered an expert in Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian), and has written numerous books and articles on Serbo-Croatian, Slavic linguistics, literature and cultural history. However, his approach to the South Slavic languages has been met with criticism.^[1]^[2] He has held a variety of positions, including that of the Nordic representative of the International Committee for Eastern Europe Research and on the Board of the Institute for Comparative Cultural Research. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[3]

Works

Serbia in the 19th century seen by foreigners. 2016. Novi Sad: Prometej.
A town in Europe through 2,400 years: Stari Grad (Pharos) on Hvar. Sypress: 2016.
Lær kroatisk! 2014. Oslo: Sypress.
National Symbols in Multi-National States. 2013. Oslo: Sypress.
Bosansko-turski rječnik. Nuhamed Hevai Uskufi. 2012. Tuzla: Općina Tuzla.
Dalmatia through foreign eyes, 2011. Zagreb: Fidipid.
Jezik u Bosni i Hercegovini. 2005. Sarajevo: Institut za jezik.
Bosnisk-kroatisk-serbisk grammatikk. 2002: Sypress.
1001 days. Bosnia and Herzegovina in pictures and words. 2001. Oslo: Sypress.
Land ohne Wiederkehr. Ex-Jugoslawien: Die Wurzeln des Krieges. Klagenfurt: Wieder Verlag, 1997.
Bosnia-Hercegovina. Oslo: Sypress, 1994.
Kosovo. Oslo: Sypress, 1994.
Før Jugoslavia, og etter. Oslo: Sypress. 1992 (5. utg. 2006).
Norsk-bosnisk/kroatisk/serbisk ordbok. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2001.
Hajdemo u Jugoslaviju. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1986.

Translations

Jugoslavisk kvartett. Oslo. Samlaget, 1968.
Nattergal og våpengny. Oslo. Samlaget, 1971.
Vasko Popa: Den flammende ulvinnen. Solum, 1978.
Danilo Kiš: Et gravmæle for Boris Davidovits. Aschehoug, 1984.
Franc Šetinc: Adam Gabrijel. Grøndahl & Søn, 1987.
Aleksander Tišma: Bruk av mennesket. Gyldendal, 1988.
Rezak Hukanović: Helvetets tiende port. Sypress: 1993.
Goran Simić: Sarajevos sorg, Sypress, 1994.
Aleksander Tišma: Kapo. Gyldendal: 1995
Nura Bazdulj-Hubiar: Kjærligheten er en sihirbaz. Sypress: 1996.
Aleksander Tišma: Blams bok, Gyldendal, 1999.
Aleksander Tišma: Troskap og utroskap. Gyldendal, 2003.
Munib Delalić: Bare storm og solnedgang tok jeg med fra Hercegovina. Andresen & Butenschøn, 2009.
Goce Smilevski: Sigmund Freuds søster. Gyldendal, 2013.

^ Kordić, Snježana (2006). "Balkanac iz Osla" [A Balkanian from Oslo] (PDF). Književna republika (in Serbo-Croatian). 4 (9–10). Zagreb: 228–236. ISSN 1334-1057. S2CID 193745610. SSRN 3432964. CROSBI 429741. ZDB-ID 2122129-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022. (NSK).
^ Gröschel, Bernhard (2009). Das Serbokroatische zwischen Linguistik und Politik: mit einer Bibliographie zum postjugoslavischen Sprachenstreit [Serbo-Croatian Between Linguistics and Politics: With a Bibliography of the Post-Yugoslav Language Dispute]. Lincom Studies in Slavic Linguistics; vol 34 (in German). Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 217. ISBN 978-3-929075-79-3. LCCN 2009473660. OCLC 428012015. OL 15295665W. COBISS 43144034. Contents.
^ Members of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Foreign members, retrieved January 19, 2014

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