Einfrid Perstølen

Einfrid Perstølen (15 June 1917 – 7 January 2017) was a Norwegian psychiatrist and language proponent.

Einfrid Perstølen
Born	15 June 1917
Died	7 January 2017
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	physician
Known for	child psychiatry, Nynorsk

Life

She was born in Ål, and was a specialist in child psychiatry. She was an assisting chief physician in Oslo from 1961 to 1972, and then ran a private clinic. She made frequent appearances in Norwegian radio.^[1] She settled in Asker.^[2]

Perstølen was a proponent of the Nynorsk written form of Norwegian. She was a member of the board of Noregs Mållag from 1966 to 1971, and a member of the Norwegian Language Council from 1976 to 1984.^[1] She is known for pressuring the Bank of Norway to print Nynorsk tekst together with Bokmål on Norwegian krone bills, particularly through a series of letters to the Governor of the Bank of Norway, Knut Getz Wold.^[2] Perstølen died in January 2017 at the age of 99.^[3]