Jón Helgason (June 30, 1899 – January 19, 1986) was an Icelandic philologist and poet.
[1][2] He was head of the Danish Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies from 1927 to 1972 and professor of Icelandic studies at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 to 1969.
As a poet, he was not prolific but noted for his highly polished and effective traditional poetry.
[3] One of his discoveries at the institute is the pair of glossaries that are the only documentation on Basque–Icelandic pidgin.
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