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Asbjørn Nesheim
Asbjørn
Nesheim
was a
Norwegian
linguist
and
curator
known for his
research
on the
Sámi languages
and
cultural history
, particularly for his
collaboration
with
Konrad Nielsen
on
volumes
four and five of Nielsen's
Lapp
Dictionary
. Nesheim was also
responsible
for
creating
and
building up
a
Sámi
Department
at the
Norsk Folkemuseum
in
Oslo
from the
1950s
on.