Knut Robberstad

{{Short description|Norwegian jurist and philologist}}

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Knut Ingebrikt Robberstad (22 April 1899 – 31 July 1981) was a Norwegian jurist and philologist.{{cite encyclopedia

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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).{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Robberstad, Knut (Ingebrikt) |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=736537 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}