Olaf Broch

{{Short description|Norwegian linguist (1867–1961)}}

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{{Expand Russian|Брок, Олаф}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1867|8|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Horten, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age |1961|1|28|1867|8|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Oslo

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = Linguist

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| employer = University of Oslo

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| relatives = {{ubl|Lagertha Broch (1864–1952), sister | Nanna Broch (1879–1971), sister |Hjalmar Broch (1882–1969), brother}}

| awards = Order of St. Olav (1946)

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Olaf Broch (4 August 1867, Horten{{spaced ndash}}28 January 1961, Oslo) was a Norwegian linguist. He was born in Horten, and was a brother of children's writer Lagertha Broch, zoologist Hjalmar Broch, and social worker Nanna Broch. He was a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Oslo from 1900 to 1937. Among his works are {{Lang|ru|Очеркъ физіологіи славянскиой рѣчи|italic=yes}} from 1910 (published as {{Lang|de|Slavische Phonetik}} in 1911), {{Lang|no|Håndbok i elementær fonetikk}} from 1921, and {{Lang|no|Proletariatets diktatur}} from 1923. He translated works by Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky into Norwegian. He was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1946.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Olaf Broch |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svein |last=Mønnesland |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Olaf_Broch/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 February 2012}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olaf Broch |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Olaf_Broch|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 February 2012}}

Broch was a pioneer in the field of Slavic studies in Norway and one of the first scholars to use modern methods to describe the phonetics of Slavic languages.