Laurents Hallager (12 November 1777 – 2 February 1825) was a Norwegian medical doctor and lexicographer.
Life Hallager had a Danish background but he grew up in Bergen.
He studied in Copenhagen and received his medical degree in 1804. As a student, he compiled a glossary of approximately 6,000 Norwegian words and expressions, titled Norsk Ordsamling (Norwegian Vocabulary).Hem, Erlend. 2004. Laurents Hallager – lege og språkmann. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 124(15): 1962. Today, this is considered the first Norwegian dialect dictionary.
Hallager later worked as a doctor in Bergen.
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