Wilhelm Aarek

{{short description|Norwegian philologist and educationalist}}{{Infobox person

| name = Wilhelm Aarek

| birth_date = 17 April 1907

| death_date = 26 December 1999

| occupation = Lecturer in English language at Kristiansand Teacher's College.

}}

Wilhelm Aarek (17 April 1907 – 26 December 1999) was a Norwegian philologist and educationalist.

He was a cand.philol. by education, and was appointed as a lecturer in English language at Kristiansand Teacher's College in 1938. He had also applied for a job at Stavanger Cathedral School, but was rejected by the government. At Kristiansand Teacher's College he soon began writing books about pedagogy as well as his original field of philology.{{cite news|url=http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/organisasjonen/seniorsentrene/historie/mineord_om_wilhelm_aarek|first=Olaf|last=Larsen|title=Rektor Wilhelm Aarek til minne|publisher=University of Agder|language=Norwegian|accessdate=8 January 2010}} He served rector of the college from 1948 to 1976.{{cite web|url=http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/organisasjonen/historia/hoegskolene_foer_hia/aarek|title=Wilhelm Aarek|publisher=University of Agder|language=Norwegian|accessdate=8 January 2010}} He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and died in 1999.