Sten Konow

Sten Konow ( born April 17, 1867 in Sondre Aurdal, † June 29, 1948 in Oslo) was a Norwegian Indologist.

Since 1897 lecturer and since 1899 lecturer, he was in 1910 appointed professor of Indian Studies at the University of Christiania (Oslo ) appointed. In 1914 he joined the University of Hamburg, where he took over the chair of Culture and History of India. In 1919 he returned as Professor of Indian language and history back to the University of Oslo.

Konow was a member of numerous academies and scientific societies. Since 1923 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Publications (selection)

• Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Director General of Archaeology. Calcutta 1908
• About the importance of India for England. A Study. Hamburg 1919 ( Hamburg = research, Issue 6)
• The Indian drama. In: Georg Bühler include: floor plan of the Indo- Aryan philology and archeology. Volume 2, Issue 2, Berlin 1920
• Khotansakische grammar. Leipzig 1941 ( = Porta linguarum Orientalium Volume 22 )
• Poul Tuxen: The Religions of India. Copenhagen 1949