Harald Noreng

Harald Noreng (25 April 1913 – 7 February 2006) was a Norwegian literary researcher and lexicographer.

He was the son of boat builder Johan Wilhelm Hanssen (1887–1967) and Kathrine Marie Pettersen (1888–1971).

The opponents at his thesis defence were Francis Bull, A. H. Winsnes and Gunnar Høst.

[1] After retiring as a professor he led the long-time project to register and list every word used throughout the authorship of Henrik Ibsen in an electronic database.

Vokabular over hans diktning, edited by Noreng, Knut Hofland and Kristin Natvig.