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Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson

Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson is an Icelandic linguist with a career in language technology for Icelandic. Born in Sauðárkrókur in 1955, he earned degrees at the University of Iceland, became professor of Icelandic language there in 1993, and retired in 2018. His work included a 2009 language technology grant, Iceland's part of META-NORD, IcePaHC, and a paper on the 2019–2023 national language technology programme. He received the 2018 Jónas Hallgrímsson Prize and is professor emeritus of Icelandic language and linguistics at the University of Iceland as of October 2026.

Born
1955
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Timeline

  1. 1955–1982

    University of Iceland degrees

    Born in Sauðárkrókur in 1955, he begins at the University of Iceland in 1976, earns a B.A. in Icelandic and Comparative Literature in 1979, and completes a Cand.Mag. in Icelandic Language and Linguistics in 1982.

  2. 1986–2018

    Professor of Icelandic language

    At the University of Iceland, he becomes a lecturer in Icelandic grammar in 1986, an associate professor in 1988, and a professor in 1993. He retires in 2018.

  3. 2009

    A language technology grant

    In 2009, his research group receives a three-year Excellence Grant from the Icelandic Research Fund for Viable Language Technology Beyond English. The project aims to develop language technology methods for resource-poor languages, especially inflectional languages.

  4. 2011–2013

    Iceland's META-NORD work

    From February 2011 to January 2013, he leads Iceland's part of META-NORD, a Nordic and Baltic partnership that strengthens language resources for technology projects.

  5. 2012

    The Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus

    In 2012, he coauthors the description of IcePaHC, an open, parsed corpus of about one million Icelandic words. Its 60 text fragments span from the late 12th century to the present.

  6. 2018

    The Jónas Hallgrímsson Prize

    He receives the 2018 Jónas Hallgrímsson Prize, awarded annually for work that serves and strengthens the Icelandic language through speech, writing, scholarship, or teaching.

  7. 2019–2023

    Iceland's language technology programme

    From 2019 to September 2021, he serves as CLARIN National Coordinator for Iceland at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. In 2020, he coauthors a paper describing Iceland's 2019–2023 national language technology programme, which aims to make Icelandic usable in digital communication with open language resources and software. Its five projects cover language resources, speech recognition, speech synthesis, machine translation, and spell and grammar checking.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor emeritus

    As of October 2026, he is professor emeritus of Icelandic language and linguistics at the University of Iceland's School of Humanities, in Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies.

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  1. Líf og starf – Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson uni.hi.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. CV – Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson uni.hi.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Máltækni – Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson uni.hi.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. The Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC) - University of Iceland iris.hi.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC) clarin.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Verðlaun Jónasar Hallgrímssonar á degi íslenskrar tungu 2018 stjornarradid.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. Language Technology Programme for Icelandic 2019-2023 arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  8. Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson | University of Iceland english.hi.is. Checked 19 October 2026.
  9. Eiríkur svarar Hannesi: „Óneitanlega svolítið neyðarlegt“ dv.is. Checked 19 October 2026.