Niels Aage Anton Nielsen[a] (born in Vejle 25 June 1913, died 16 January 1986) was a Danish professor of Nordic languages at Aarhus University.
[2] Nielsen was the son of master carpenter Niels Nielsen (1883-1962) and his wife Ella Kirstine Rasmussen (maiden name) (1892-1979).
[3] He took his high school diploma at Marselisborg Gymnasium in 1933, and in 1942 he obtained a master's degree in arts from Aarhus University.
[5] Niels Aage Nielsen was also a high-ranking communist member of the Danish resistance movement during the German occupation of Denmark.
[6] Danish resistance movement on Wikipedia Niels Åge Nielsen in the database of the resistance movement at the website of Frihedsmuseet.