Toril Swan (19 October 1945 – 13 September 2022) was a Norwegian linguist.
After taking a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Bates College in 1970, she graduated with the cand.philol.
Swan was hired as an associate professor at the University of Tromsø in 1980, and received the dr.philos.
Promoted to professor in 1990, she also served as dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1997 to 2002.
[2] Swan was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 1997.