Asbjørn Aarseth

{{short description|Norwegian literary historian}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Asbjørn Aarseth

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|10|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Inderøy Municipality, Norway

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|08|31|1935|10|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Norway

| nationality = Norwegian

| occupation = Literary historian

| education = University of Bergen (mag.art.)

| employer = University of Bergen

| known_for = Lyriske strukturer
Henrik Ibsen scholarship

| notable_works = Lyriske strukturer

| awards = Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

}}

{{distinguish|Asbjørn Aarnes}}

Asbjørn Aarseth (21 October 1935 – 31 August 2009) was a Norwegian literary historian, born in Inderøy Municipality.

Aarseth obtained the mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) at the University of Bergen in 1963, received an academic position in literary studies here in 1967, and became professor of Nordic literature in 1985.{{cite news|title=Minneord: Professor Asbjørn Aarseth|date=4 September 2009|work=Bergens Tidende|language=no|url=http://www.uib.no/lle/artikler/2009/09/minneord-over-asbjorn-aarseth-1935-2009|access-date=5 June 2011|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314091010/http://www.uib.no/lle/artikler/2009/09/minneord-over-asbjorn-aarseth-1935-2009|url-status=dead}} He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

An important book was Lyriske strukturer ("Lyrical Structures"), written together with Atle Kittang, which came to be a standard work in lyrical analysis.{{cite news|title=Minneord: Professor emeritus Asbjørn Aarseth| first=Jan H. | last=Landro|date=3 September 2009|work=Bergens Tidende|language=Norwegian}} He was also an authority on Henrik Ibsen, and was involved in the project Henrik Ibsens skrifter.

Aarseth died on 31 August 2009.{{cite news|title=Asbjørn Aarseth (obituary)| first=Vigdis|last=Ystad|author-link=Vigdis Ystad|date=11 September 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=Norwegian}}